Mozambique: the opposition leader returns home after post-election turmoil
By Luca Bussotti When people watched political debates on Soico TV, one of the most watched private channels in Mozambique, around 2010, they often saw a...
Rashid Vally: South African visionary whose indie record labels shaped the jazz scene
By Gwen Ansell Some record labels create huge market and financial clout. Some stay much smaller, but punch way above their weight in terms of...
By Alaba Ilesanmi Rikki Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a...
Jomo Kenyatta, father of the nation? Kenya’s first president built up a myth which masked his faults
By Stephen Mutie The 22th of August is Kenyatta day in Kenya. The former president strategically used myth. That he is still remembered as the...
