• Politics

02.11.2025

The wrong way to end aid

• Kathryn Mathers

The humanitarian industrial complex should be dismantled—but not by a billionaire-backed administration with no plan beyond abandonment.

• Politics

02.10.2025

Aid, dependence, and ideological warfare

• Pontsho Pilane

Foreign aid has never been just about assistance—it enforces political, economic, and social control, keeping recipient countries in a cycle of dependency.

• Culture

02.07.2025

The worst thing to happen to football

• Lee Nxumalo

Gianni Infantino isn’t just another corrupt FIFA president—his greed, self-importance, and political alliances are actively ruining football.

• Politics

02.06.2025

Algeria and France’s endless rift

• Maher Mezahi

France and Algeria remain locked in a cycle of reconciliation and rupture as the wounds of colonization continue to shape their uneasy relationship.

• Politics

02.05.2025

Kemi Badenoch and the politics of assimilation

• Omole Ibukun

The UK Tory leader distances herself from Nigeria, embracing colonial narratives while rejecting solidarity with a nation grappling with neocolonial realities.

• Culture

02.04.2025

For the archive yet to come

• Stéphanie Perazzone
• Charlotte Mertens

Colonial archives hold the violence of the past, but they also carry the potential for anti-colonial futures—if radically reimagined for justice and accessibility.

• Politics

02.03.2025

Elon Musk and the hypocrisy of the West

• Steven Friedman

Musk’s embrace of far-right politics and Zionism reveals the fractures in Western liberal democracy, where whiteness trumps equality and justice.

• Culture

01.31.2025

Dakar’s fashion revolution

• Aude Konan

Amid a flood of Western fast fashion waste, Dakar’s designers upcycle discarded clothes into bold, sustainable styles.

• Politics

01.30.2025

The inheritance of hope

• Alex Tamei

Through political turmoil and broken promises, Kenyans hold fast to hope—an enduring force that fuels resilience and dreams of a brighter future.

• Culture

01.29.2025

Mati Diop’s reparative cinema

• Matene Toure

In ‘Dahomey,’ Mati Diop reimagines restitution, using surrealist cinema to revive looted African artifacts and amplify youth-led calls for decolonization.

• Politics

01.28.2025

Jacob Zuma’s enduring relevance

• Samuel Anim

The former president’s abiding presence in South African politics reveals the undercurrent of cultural populism and what can happen when local beliefs cut against the grain of liberal democracy.

• Culture

01.27.2025

The trials and tribulations of Rokia Traoré

• Florian Bobin

Detained for over six months, Malian singer Rokia Traoré has been locked in a legal battle with her ex-spouse over custody of their daughter since 2019. Between allegations of abuse and arrest warrants, the case appears to be nearing its conclusion.

• Politics

01.27.2025

Procès et tribulations de Rokia Traoré

• Florian Bobin

Détenue en Italie puis en Belgique pendant prèsde sept mois, la chanteuse malienne est engagée depuis 2019 dans une bataille judiciaire avec son ex-conjoint belge pour la garde de leur fille. Entre accusations d’abus et mandats d’arrêt, le feuilleton semble approcher de sa conclusion.

• Culture

01.24.2025

You are not the sun: FESPACO 85′

• Dylan Haworth

Forty years ago, African filmmakers and revolutionaries united to reclaim cinema as a weapon for liberation and cultural sovereignty across the continent.

• Politics

01.23.2025

When Brazil’s African Muslims scared the world

• Ana Lucia Araujo

Taking place 190 years ago, the Malê Revolt in Bahia, led by African Muslim slaves, shook Brazil’s foundations and echoed global fears of a new Haiti.

• Culture

01.23.2025

Rememorando os 190 anos da Revolta dos Malês no Brasil

• Ana Lucia Araujo

Há 190 anos, a Revolta dos Malês na Bahia, liderada por escravizados africanos muçulmanos, abalou as bases do Brasil e ecoou temores globais de um possível novo Haiti.

• Culture

01.22.2025

Requiem for a revolution

• Tsogo Kupa

A sweeping, jazz-scored exploration of Cold War intrigue and African liberation, Johan Gimonprez’s ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ lays bare the cultural and political battlegrounds where empires, artists, and freedom fighters clashed.

• Politics

01.21.2025

Making a killing for investors

• Obiora Ikoku

President Tinubu’s reforms have plunged Nigerians into economic despair, with soaring costs and violent repression, exposing the brutal toll of neoliberal policies.

• Culture

01.20.2025

Bring back Ngonnso

• Shuimo Trust Dohyee

One Cameroonian woman’s quest to reclaim stolen artifacts reveals the enduring wounds of colonialism and the fight to restore Africa’s heritage.

• Updates

12.23.2024

On Safari

• William Shoki

On our year-end publishing break, we reflect on how 2024’s contradictions reveal a fractured world grappling with inequality, digital activism, and the blurred lines between action and spectacle.