• Antje Daniel
• Henning Melber
• Florian Stoll

The middle classes of Africa are often idealized as spearheads of democratization and opponents of corrupt regimes. But what does the research actually say?

• William Shoki

With the working classes down and out, it is arguably the middle classes that will play the more decisive role in African politics going forward.

• Wandia Njoya

How is Kenya's "new middle class" contributing to a pervasive low-quality oppression that leaves Kenyans feeling hopeless?

• Sakiru Adebayo

In Nigeria, to be an emigrant is to possess illustrious social capital and a badge of honor that is not only reserved for you, but also for your family.

• Afolabi Opanubi

• Elnathan John

If a journalist reports on the unsavory parts of Nigeria, attack them on Twitter. For reporting while white. There's no comeback when you bring race into it.