New East Digital Archive

Red Africa

Calvert 22 to host the launch of Red Africa: Affective Communities and the Cold War

Calvert 22 to host the launch of Red Africa: Affective Communities and the Cold War

Journey to the sun: true-life photos from Africa's almost-real first space mission

Journey to the sun: true-life photos from Africa’s almost-real first space mission

Introduction to Red Africa: when international socialism met the developing world

Introduction to Red Africa: when international socialism met the developing world

Waiting for Tito: unofficial scenes from a presidential tour of Africa

Waiting for Tito: unofficial scenes from a presidential tour of Africa

The Pyongyang connection: North Korea's strange and surprisingly effective charm offensive in Africa

The Pyongyang connection: North Korea’s strange and surprisingly effective charm offensive in Africa

Art, image and ideology: the history of Soviet relations with Africa, told in pictures

Art, image and ideology: the history of Soviet relations with Africa, told in pictures

Black in the USSR: the children of Soviet Africa search for their own identity

Black in the USSR: the children of Soviet Africa search for their own identity

Adventures of an Afro-Gypsy: how to make hip-hop by way of Africa, America and Transylvania

Adventures of an Afro-Gypsy: how to make hip-hop by way of Africa, America and Transylvania

The Mixtape 28: The sound of independence-era Africa

The Mixtape 28: The sound of independence-era Africa

Revolution 2.0: why the Cold War still matters for Burkina Faso’s contemporary artists

Revolution 2.0: why the Cold War still matters for Burkina Faso’s contemporary artists

History man: making sense of race in Russia via the extraordinary life of Pushkin's black forebear

History man: making sense of race in Russia via the extraordinary life of Pushkin’s black forebear

Building blocs: how Ghana’s architecture was reimagined with a little help from communist Europe

Building blocs: how Ghana’s architecture was reimagined with a little help from communist Europe

Screen dreams: Angola’s modernist cinemas and the fading of a utopian vision for Africa

Screen dreams: Angola’s modernist cinemas and the fading of a utopian vision for Africa

Red Africa launches tonight at Calvert 22

Red Africa launches tonight at Calvert 22