In case you haven't heard about it yet, a new magazine about Africa in Spanish was just launched: Africaneando. It's published (on the Maneno platform btw) by he Barcelona-based and awesomely named association Oozebap devoted to the promotion of African culture, research and better knowledge. And it has a photo essay of life in Abengourou by yours truly. Oh, and they're accepting submissions, preferably in Spanish but also in English and French.
Here's an awesome visualization of the decline of the four main maritime empires of the XIX and XX centuries, which of course has a lot to do with the Scramble for Africa. By Pedro M. Cruz.
As spotted by A Bombastic Element, Gawker managed to lay their hands on a picture of Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue--son of the Equatorial Guinean dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo--rocking an S-curl and his million dollar watch. They conclude with "We are living in a Frederick Forsyth novel". Indeed.
Last Saturday was International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), so a it seems only appropriate to post the trailer of the documentary film Africa Rising, about the grassroots movement to end FGM.
KenyaBuzz has created a matatu map of Nairobi! I wonder if somebody could do the same with the gbakas in Abidjan...
And speaking of matatus, Sarah Elliott has a hilarious photo series of matatus decorated with pictures of all sorts of political leaders, such as the one below:
