
Pan Africanism under elite capture
Recent celebrity investments in the continent raises the question: Who is it really for?
Recent celebrity investments in the continent raises the question: Who is it really for?
Amid global political turmoil and restrictive visa policies, artists are redefining resistance—on the dance floor and beyond.
Namibia’s founding president led the fight for independence with unwavering resolve, but his legacy is complicated by economic compromises and political dominance.
While many diasporans speculate romantically about the people we were or could have been, is that speculation mutual?
The Olympics, with its provocative patriotism, are the perfect forum for using a broader diasporic focus to push back against hypernationalism.
If South Africa’s Premier Soccer league matters, it is because it’s the country’s most successful pan-Africanist project.
Our host of the African Five-a-Side podcast kicks off his coverage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d'Ivoire.
In the 1960s, two African nationalist magazines shared a name—but declassified files reveal that they were on opposite sides of a literary Cold War.
Ismay Milford’s new book takes us into the world of anticolonialism, giving us a rich account of the struggles of a cohort of activists from east and central Africa.
A project - helmed by historians Benjamin Talton and Jean Allman - to archive post-independence African revolutions, including Kwame Nkrumah's personal and professional papers.
Many know Frene Ginwala, the iconic anti-apartheid activist, as democratic South Africa’s first speaker of parliament. But few know of her time building pan-African media in Dar Es Salaam.
Amilcar Cabral’s influence stretched far beyond the Portuguese colonies, profoundly influencing the political struggle in South Africa, past and present.
Fanon Studies has stubbornly failed to consider how Algeria may illuminate Frantz Fanon’s theoretical commitments.
Africa's political liberation and economic emancipation can't be one-country affairs, but pan-African combined with international solidarity.
How psychologists can and should become advocates for African and African feminist critiques of academia and of society.
This month on Africa Is a Country Radio we wrap up our seasonal theme of port cities, and make a stop in Dakar, Senegal. Listen on Worldwide FM or Mixcloud.
Historically, Liberia ignited the imagination of black people across the globe. Then it stopped. What happened, and can it be reversed?
Kwame Nkrumah’s ideas about pan-Africanism and African liberation inspired many young scholars to explore global linkages around race and power, to uncover historical connections and forge new ones.
Africans' lack of knowledge about our own shared refugee experiences continues to fuel hate and discrimination on the continent.
Imagine if African films could enjoy shooting and editing on the continent, uninhibited by national and international politics.