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
‘Africa was never hers,’: West Africans roast France on TikTok after coup in Niger, declare colonization ‘over’
The trend is spreading across the app.
On Aug 3, 2023 by Marlon Ettinger
How Nairaland, Nigeria’s version of Reddit, helped me discover my LGBTQ tribe
A 16-year-old university applicant ended up being inspired.
On Jun 28, 2023 by obinnatonyfrancisochem
‘Food brings people together’: Teenager in Texas brought her family to try fufu, a traditional African food, because she saw the dish on TikTok
‘I want to try some too.’
On Jul 15, 2022 by Mustafa Gatollari
‘This is so heartbreaking’: Woman shares her experience with female genital mutilation in viral TikTok
‘FGM is not talked about enough!’
On Jun 1, 2022 by Kathleen Wong
‘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
Twitter is hosting threats to Ghana’s LGBTQ community
One user said they would beat members of the LGBTQ community if same-sex relations were legalized.
On Mar 3, 2021 by Samira Sadeque
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
Adele’s ‘SNL’ sketch about Africa is being called problematic
People love that she broke character. What they don’t love is the sketch itself.
On Oct 25, 2020 by Kahron Spearman
TikTok influencer freaks out after being quarantined in Rwanda
‘You can take your white savior complex and your privilege elsewhere.’
On Sep 8, 2020 by Jeremy Steinberger
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
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