Penelope Andrews (Albany): A Champion for African Freedom: Paul Robeson and the Struggle Against Apartheid. “I have sinned against the Lord and against you! Will you forgive me?”: Former apartheid leader Adriaan Vlok is seeking redemption — by washing the feet of those he wronged. From Vice, a special series on Saving South Sudan. Iain Marlow on why flying “Internet drones” over Africa is a dumb, libertarian fantasy. Reminders of Rwanda's genocide are everywhere today, in the form of tens of thousands who survived the mass slaughter but were left permanently maimed. Beyond “conflict minerals”: Colin Kinniburgh on how the Congo’s resource curse lives on. The West’s Neocolonial Adventure: Abayomi Azikiwe on Africa and the struggle against imperialism. Will the BRICS bank be a game changer for Africa? Alexander O'Riordan wonders. Claire Adida on her book Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa: Coethnic Strangers. Why are Africa's militaries so disappointingly bad? Michela Wrong on how history, greed, and nepotism are preventing the continent from securing itself against al-Shabab, Boko Haram, and other threats. A United States of Africa? Not yet, but an august summit in Washington aims to take some modest steps toward an old dream. #InstagrammingAfrica: Lauren Kascak with Sayantani DasGupta on the narcissism of global voluntourism. Why every book about Africa has the same cover: Michael Silverberg on the "post-colonialist and Orientalist" undertones of the ubiquitous acacia tree (and part 2). Jonathan Zimmerman on why America must stop stereotyping Africa as a continent of animals. Nick Stockton on the surprising gut microbes of African hunter-gatherers. Graeme Wood on the African country where compasses go haywire: What’s behind the Bangui Magnetic Anomaly?
