• Sam Brakarsh

Colonial-era censorship bodies continue to stifle African creativity, but a new wave of artists and activists are driving a pan-African push for reform.

• Ahmed Kaballo

On the deplatforming of 'African Stream.'

• Fezokuhle Mthonti

The debacle around Ta-Nehisi Coates' latest book shows us that no matter a writer's individual acclaim, the liberal media establishment will never tolerate anything that fundamentally challenges its racist edifice.

• 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.

• Toni Kamau

How the film, 'I am Samuel' about a gay Kenyan couple was banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board.

• Vishnu Bachani

A new documentary about Equatorial Guinea and the exiled writer Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel provides an honest, critical examination of the country's political, social, and cultural issues.

• Wanuri Kahiu

The director of Kenyan film 'Rafiki' discusses leading the struggle against state sponsored censorship in Kenya right now.

• Lindsey Green-Simms

Director Wanuri Kahiu went to look for hopeful African love stories and made a lesbian love story, amid court sanctioned homophobia.

• Katarina Hedrén

The South African feature film, "Of Good Report," deals with the relationship of a teacher with his underage student. The local censors decided it is a crime to screen it.

• Justin Scott

Nigeria's ruling class, when faced with criticism, always go for censorship, to silence their critics.

• Sean Henry Jacobs