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I am an academic and journalist living between Brooklyn, NY, and Ann Arbor, MI. If I can put Cape Town in there it ... more

I am an academic and journalist living between Brooklyn, NY, and Ann Arbor, MI. If I can put Cape Town in there it would be perfect. I was born and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, and has lived outside Chicago, Cambridge (MA), London, and Brooklyn, NY. I ran a film festival, is a contributing editor of Chimurenga Magazine (based in Cape Town) and edited two books: one on the current South African President, Thabo Mbeki and a second on cultural politics after the end of apartheid. My writing has appeared in The Nation, Africa Confidential, and the UK Guardian’s Comment is Free website, among others. Primarily, this site is interested in news about news about Africa, but its also about my personal obsessions (the films, music, art, politics, things I like or dislike) and about my experiences as an African immigrant living in New York City.