Video: Malian Band SMOD’s Desert-Dry Groove

After the Arab Spring of 2011, many people living in Sub-Saharan Africa began to wonder when they would rise up and have an African spring. It is hard to say when that might happen, but if it does, the uprising already has a house band in Mali, SMOD, with several road-tested anthems.

Why the ‘Arab Spring’ Has Not Yet Become the Africa Spring

While revolution has hit countries in the north and the Middle East, it is yet to come to the south.

Global Hedge Funds Buying Land in Africa

Hedge funds gobble up land in Africa and universities like Harvard are not far behind.

Albinos face discrimination in Africa

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Phillip Martin reports on the challenges faced by albinos in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Albinos lack the pigment melanin in their eyes, skin, and hair. It’s a genetic defect, but in much of Africa, it’s also reason for extreme – and deadly — prejudice.