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Features, Lit Scene March 31, 2014

Why Only Africans Worry About Poverty Porn

Africa is the only continent bothered about being perceived as poor. There is a historical reason for this. The idea of Africa as the poor continent is as old as the 17th and 18th centuries—those heady days of European optimism when philosophers squandered precious ink drafting the stories that will define the project of modernity. Every story […]

PHOTO: Chilling Like A Skeleton

Skeletons like to take things easy when they can. Looks like he-she in the picture is taking a quick break from something. Well, I think it’s a guy–look at the crossed leg–so I’ll call it JP. I’d give the world to know what JP was doing right before this moment. The skull is the caput […]

POW! WOW!: How Do You Imagine Africa?

There’s been much talk about Everyday Africa, a Tumblr photo journal of Ivorians as they go about their ordinary everyday tasks. The photos in the collection are captivating even as they make the simple claim that Africa need not be thought of as exceptionally bad or good. Africa just is. When I think about it like […]

LOST IN AFRICA: Hegel

The first time I had a copy of Hegel’s writing on Africa in my hands and read it, I was struck by how short it was. A few pages only. Clearly, Hegel did not want to think of Africa for much longer than he needed to. One can’t really fault him. He had his eyes […]