• Politics

03.28.2025

Criminalizing poverty in Nigeria

• Damilare Adenola

With thousands jailed without trial, Nigeria’s justice system punishes the poor while the powerful walk free. Can real reform break this cycle of injustice?

• Culture

03.27.2025

African music festivals and the politics of reclamation

• Achille Tenkiang

Across the continent, music festivals are challenging industry gatekeepers and testing what it means to organize on African terms.

• Culture

03.26.2025

The politics of South African sound

• Thembi Ngubo

From kwaito to amapiano, South African music is a bridge between past and present, where cultural memory, resistance, and reinvention collide on the dancefloor.

• Politics

03.25.2025

Imperial belonging and the weaponization of the sea

• Kinaya Hassane

The legacy of France’s colonial violence in the Indian Ocean is one stone that contemporary mainstream media tends to leave unturned.

• Politics

03.24.2025

Good revolutions talk back

• Elsa N Kariuki

As political discontent rises in Kenya, silencing women’s and queer rights in the pursuit of economic justice risks compromising the movement entirely.

• Politics

03.20.2025

The crisis of African liberators

• Marílio Wane

As Mozambique nears 50 years of independence, its ruling party clings to power amid political turmoil, contested elections, and growing public discontent. Is this the beginning of a new struggle for liberation?

• Politics

03.20.2025

A crise dos libertadores Africanos

• Marílio Wane

À medida que Moçambique se aproxima dos 50 anos de independência, seu partido no poder se agarra ao poder em meio à turbulência política, eleições contestadas e crescente descontentamento público.

• Culture

03.19.2025

How not to report on Eastern Congo

• Toussaint Nothias

Western media coverage of the DRC conflict is riddled with inaccuracies, oversimplifications, and racial bias—reinforcing dangerous narratives rather than informing the world.

• Politics

03.18.2025

Redefining Sahelian diplomacy

• Deborah Ndjerareou

Breaking from ECOWAS and Western influence, the Alliance of Sahel States signals a geopolitical shift—but can it deliver real stability?

• PODCASTS
• Politics

03.17.2025

From Nkrumah to neoliberalism

• Gyekye Tanoh

On the podcast, we explore: How did Ghana go from Nkrumah’s radical vision to neoliberal entrenchment? Gyekye Tanoh unpacks the forces behind its political stability, deepening inequality, and the fractures shaping its future.

• Politics

03.14.2025

Why I’m done talking to straight people about homophobia

• Muriithi Kariuki

Homophobia doesn’t start with violence—it begins with silence, erasure, and everyday destruction. But straight people only seem to notice when it’s too late.

• Politics

03.13.2025

The Visa farce

• Josef K.

The South African government’s rush to clear visa applications has led to mass rejections, bureaucratic chaos, and an overloaded appeals system—leaving thousands in limbo.

• SPORTS
• Culture

03.12.2025

FIFA’s double standards

• Bassil Mikdadi

While FIFA swiftly banned Russia from competition, it continues to delay action on Israel—revealing the politics behind football’s so-called neutrality.

• Politics

03.11.2025

New route for old exploitation

• Dean Clay

A US-backed infrastructure project in the DRC is framed as development, but history suggests it’s just another pipeline for foreign powers to profit from Congo’s riches.

• Culture

03.10.2025

The forgotten women of slave revolts

• Desiree Dawson

Rebecca Hall’s “Wake” uncovers the hidden history of African women warriors and their role in resisting the transatlantic slave trade.

• Culture

03.07.2025

An Afro-Brazilian Christmas in Lagos

• Kelechi Anabaraonye

The Fanti Carnival transforms Lagos’s Brazilian Quarters into a vibrant celebration of history, culture, and Afro-Brazilian identity.

• Politics

03.06.2025

Is there an alternative in Germany?

• Loren Balhorn

As the far right surges and the center crumbles, can Germany’s left offer something different—or will reactionary forces set the agenda?

• Culture

03.05.2025

The mustache that swung an election

• Christina Wong

In Mauritius, social media memes and leaks exposed corruption, galvanized youth, and reshaped the nation’s political landscape.

• Politics

03.04.2025

Enter the Povo

• Rehad Desai

Mozambique’s disputed elections triggered a deadly uprising, as citizens resisted Frelimo’s rule and exposed the cracks in neoliberal policies.

• Politics

03.03.2025

Mining, murder, and the machinery of exploitation

• Tara Nair van Ryneveld
• Malik Chiconela Santana

The massacre of artisanal miners in Stilfontein exposes the South African state’s violent allegiance to corporate interests and a long legacy of extraction and dispossession.