• Moses E. Ochonu

The tendency of Western commentators to dress up African tragedies in the patronizing logic of relativism.

• Ewout Frankema
• Marlous van Waijenburg

African demographic growth is expected to continue unabated over the next century. How should poverty reduction be addressed on the continent?

• Patrick Bond

As the commodity super-cycle’s denouement now makes obvious the need for change, at least it is clear to all that Africans are not lying down.

• Devon Leger

Rapper Chino’o talks about everything from immigration to police brutality in the U.S., and the future of Somalia.

• Grieve Chelwa

The rhetoric around “Africa rising” is giving us a false sense of comfort and distracting us from the real work that needs to happen.

• Suchitra Vijayan

Under Modi, Africa will not just be a continent where India expands its economic footprint, but also builds, protects and projects its power.

• Billie Adwoa McTernan

"An African City," the web series about five single women in Accra, Ghana.

• Thomas Blaser

An interview with Achille Mbembe, including on the consequences of global capitalism on the continent.

• Solome Lemma

The World Bank and IMF have waged a sustained assault on African public services over several decades, and have never been called to account for the profound and lasting damage they have done.

• Louise Redvers

Where does Isabel dos Santos's wealth come from? Her country's resources are basically treated as her family's property.

• Steffan Horowitz

Al Jazeera falls for the fiction that business entrepreneurship and corporate capitalism will be Africa’s saving grace.

• Nicholas Barber

The existence of African billionaires are not positive evidence of “Africa rising,” but testament to the extreme inequality characterizing economic growth on the continent.

• Sean Jacobs