Congo beyond the hashtags
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.
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.
Between the Grammys and AFCON semi-final, it's been a big week for the rivalry between Nigeria and South Africa.
Faced with many crises, including unemployment and a rising cost of living, Angolans are turning to memes to express their political discontent.
Is a Facebook-led social media movement enough to change a country? The case of Angola.
For black women in particular, the individual pursuit of a soft, consumption-driven life is a fragile approach to securing social justice.
The notion that black people were kings in Ancient Egypt is generating a social media backlash. Understanding the racialized legacy of Egyptology can explain why.
The "follow-back" economy of Nigerian Twitter represents a struggle for recognition in a vastly unequal and status-obsessed society.
Whether or not Twitter survives should be irrelevant to those committed to building a democratic public sphere.
New Zulu king Misuzulu's strategy for ensuring the relevance of his monarchy copies from the Windsors in Britain: use the media.
Facebook and its “family” of services are a one-way street towards greater integration, data exploitation, and erosions of privacy by an increasingly monopolistic company.
During the COVID-19 pandemic many people who work online were able to set up shop in lands far away from their pre-pandemic homes. But, for whom is the digital nomad lifestyle?
The current political conflict, now a civil war, in Ethiopia partly has its roots in disagreement among elites on how to narrativize Ethiopian history.
What might the fascination in displaying and seeing the body of “the criminal” tell us about South Africa today?
A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible.
One African feminist's view on how social media clout chasing has stalled progressive politics.
What social media activism gets wrong about the #SudanUprising: Sometimes it may be appropriate to leave the hashtags alone and say nothing.
A guide on how to support the uprising in Sudan.
Despite consistent and protracted attempts by government to repress access to social media and freedom of expression, citizen's voices are being heard over the internet in Cameroon.
Social media group-think derails any chance for a progressive political movement.
In Zimbabwe, the leap from online conversation to citizen protest has followed the same path as other protest movements around the world.