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Sean Jacobs, founder and editor of Africa is a Country, is on the faculty of The New School and a Shuttleworth Fellow
Record label owner and producer Rashid Vally was so unobtrusive in his dealings with artists that only music nerds recognise his name
Despite strong legislation, South Africa is failing to address its unacceptable rates of woman abuse
Chris Hani should not be made into an ideal type or used to settle political scores in the present
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s…
There are a number of cases in the past decade where Africans have managed to push the conversation beyond liberal reforms as a political goal or did not spent all their energies…
Live TV broadcasts of political rallies, funerals and press conferences, may be more decisive than social media in shaping mass debate in South Africa
South African politics urgently needs an injection of electoral energy from the left, that speaks in a language that resonates with voters
The Africa Is a Country website offers a rich mix of news, comment and analysis about the continent
Journalist Sibonelo Radebe’s death has robbed the industry of the kind of thinker it sorely needs
Gatvol Capetonian is a coloured ultra-nationalist organisation but here’s the kicker: their racist culprit is the post-apartheid government
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy should not be reduced to the uncomplicated heroism that exemplifies today’s personality politics
Britain’s Labour leader represents ‘a new kind of politics’ of the left that holds electoral appeal
Like any indie movement facing commercial success, the festival needs to hold on to its soul
Any casual observer would conclude that the country politics mostly revolves around Julius Malema.
In 1990, a few months after his release from jail, Nelson Mandela toured the United States and helped cement Americans’ popular associations with SA.
Experience of low power FM technology in the United States could show the way for greater media diversity in South Africa. Sean Jacobs reports.
Does black-owned media in the US offer better coverage of minority issues than its mainstream counterparts? Sean Jacobs says not, which explains why shaking up the racial make-up…
In a look back at media coverage of the Cape’s "Manenberg Tornado", Sean Jacobs remembers that the local press can be as dismissive of citizens’ socio-economic right as US media…
<i>New York Times</i> reporter Judith Miller abetted the illegal activities of White House officials in a campaign to smear a whistle-blower. Sean Jacobs writes that her jail…
Was Hurricane Katrina a "perfect storm" for the US mainstream media or signs of a sea change in the country’s journalism? Sean Jacobs considers the coverage.
