The unstoppable rise of the Afropolitan
Category: Features
Looking To Belong
Mark Grimmer talks to Helen Oyeyemi about her own experiences of Africa and her stratospheric rise to fame.
The “African Renaissance”
A Force That Drives Reform? Waldimar Pelser considers where Africa is now and what the future might hold.
Moving On Myth
Novelist Helen Oyeyemi considers how the future lies in reclaiming the past’s stories
The Taxi Diaries
Ten years on from South Africa’s first democratic elections, Hedley Twidle has been researching the definitive biography of Cape Town’s Main Road.
What The Chocolate Industry Does Not Want You To Know
The pictures of Moussa Doumbia show an emaciated seventeen-year-old. He has wounds from being struck across his back, big scars. He looks at the camera, exhausted, humiliated.
Africa On Your Doorstep
Africa 05 aims to add a cultural component to the political momentum and focus that will be placed on Africa when the UK takes over the presidency and chairmanship of the European Union and the G8 this year.
Music: The Food of Love or The Sound of Hate?
Orange Essay Prize Winner Alex Robinson tells us why politicians should listen to more hip-hop
Turning Over a New Leaf
Just how multicultural is the world of publishing and bookselling in the UK?
Can Muslims be Citizens in a Liberal Democracy?
The concern of Multiculturalism is not limited to the protection of individuals against specific instances of discrimination but it also extends to ensuring the flourishing and survival of diverse groups.