African greeting videos have exploded in popularity. Are they empowering or Blaxploitation?
“These videos speak to an African fetishizing so typical of the West.”
On Feb 17, 2024 by Abderrahemane Nejam
‘They’re a bad product’: Woman claims that using an Always menstrual pad sent her into septic shock
‘I don’t trust their sh*t.’
On May 14, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg
Social media taxes in Africa will cripple a generation of internet users
It’s bad policy on top of bad policy.
On Dec 23, 2020 by Pearl Kasirye
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s vacation music video is one big ‘Africa’ homage
Now that’s one epic throwback.
On Jan 28, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski
The new Taylor Swift video has a major race problem
It was very ‘Out of Africa’—including the ‘No Africans’ part.
On Aug 31, 2015 by Nico Lang
The WWE has a race problem—and it’s bigger than Hulk Hogan
The whole organization is guilty as hell.
On Jul 25, 2015 by [email protected]
13 of the greatest ‘Top Gear’ episodes you can stream right now
Get ready for the ‘Grand Tour.’
On Mar 10, 2015 by Imad Khan, Monica Riese
On Darren Wilson’s testimony and the myth of the supernatural black man
The demonization of Michael Brown is just another chapter in an age-old story.
On Nov 25, 2014 by Miles Klee
Read Justine Sacco’s statement about the tweet that got her fired
Sacco blames a lack of personal experience with the AIDS crisis as the reason for her insensitivity.
On Dec 22, 2013 by Sarah Weber
Watch a body-retrieval mission miraculously turn into a rescue
Early in the morning of May 26, a tugboat called the Jascon 4 capsized during a storm. There was one survivor—and no one knew it.
On Dec 2, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
In Africa, memory cards are the new cassette tapes
African musicians are increasingly turning to memory cards from mobile phones to distribute music.
On Jul 19, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Radi-Aid: Charity spoof asks Africa to send radiators to Norway
This hilarious spoof of African aid efforts also makes some serious points about the perils of stereotyping an entire continent.
On Nov 20, 2012 by Curt Hopkins
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