• Gilbert Nuwagira

Anti-government protests have spread to Uganda, where ordinary people are tired of passively accepting elite misrule.

• Christopher J. Lee

'Funeral for Justice' is a bracing recording that blends the critical sensibility of Frantz Fanon with the melodies of a genre born from an ongoing liberation struggle.

• Shuimo Trust Dohyee

Amid the turmoil of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon, a unique group of individuals has emerged as powerful agents of change.

• Daniel Okechukwu

Bolanle Austen-Peters' new biopic on Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti often feels too simple and safe.

• Sa’eed Husaini

Nigeria's archives of revolutionary printmaking offers us insights into the dissident voices of the country's old left, which are surprisingly relevant today.

• Harrison Stetler

The results of France's snap election show that there is an alternative to right-wing nihilism and business-as-usual centrism.

• Kari Mugo

The movement to #RejectFinanceBill2024 marks a new era in Kenyan politics after many years of discontent and political apathy.

• Rasna Warah

Kenyan youth are leading popular protests against regressive tax reforms that will worsen the country’s worsening cost of living crisis.

• Emma Daitz

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary Robert Sobukwe is often understood as a black nationalist. So what should we make of his close friendship with a white liberal?

• Ruth Mudingayi

While social media has amplified calls for social justice in long-ignored parts of the world, it should only be the beginning of our activism.

• Mishca Peters

We hardly think of children as agents of change. At the height of 1980s apartheid repression in South Africa, a group of activists did and gave them the tool of print.

• Wits Palestine Solidarity Committee

South Africa’s Wits University likes to vaunt its anti-apartheid credentials. So why is it cozy with Israel and Zionism?

• Oyelumade Oluwakemi

Student organizing is resurging in Nigeria. But to have any impact, students must connect with struggles beyond campus.

• Daniel Paget

Anti-authoritarian struggles on the continent aren’t just fighting for democracy, but they are also reimagining it.

• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

A tribute to the late Kenyan poet, playwright and activist, Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo (December 12, 1942-June 30, 2023).

• Makena Maganjo

Kenya is one of Israel’s closest allies in Africa. But the Ruto-led government isn’t alone in silencing pro-Palestinian speech.

• Maya Bhardwaj

Africa’s largest arms trader is trying to obscure its ties with apartheid Israel, and its connections to other autocratic regimes.

• Fatimah Kelleher

The Knowledge Portal of the Nawi Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective is a digital apex platform that collates and curates African women’s knowledge resources on the economy.

• Eugénie Rokhaya Aw

In the 1970s, young left-wing activists fought clandestinely for Senegal’s democratization under Senghor’s brutal regime.

• Vincent Bevins

The last decade saw the most protests in human history. But how is it that so many uprisings led to the opposite of what they asked for?