The rise and fall of a Nigerian labor hero
Adams Oshiomhole was one of the most powerful trade union leaders in Nigeria. His career trajectory represents the wider political subjugation of the national labor movement.
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The missing 27 billion
Governments need funds for stimulus packages and aid to address COVID-19. But corporate tax avoidance and tax breaks for aid in African countries is undermining emergency responses.
The Pearl of the Indian Ocean
Exploring the different neighborhoods within Mogadishu raises the question: who is this city really for?
Israel’s Africa strategy
AIAC Talk investigates how Israel is courting the continent in a bid for international legitimacy. Watch on Youtube, Facebook and Twitter.
How Indian cinema shaped East Africa’s urban culture
The 60s, 70s, and 80s are often described as the Golden Age of Indian cinema and Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu had a large number of cinemas devoted to showing films made in Bombay.
The death of an exceptional woman
The cruel and lonely COVID-19 death of the South African land and rural women’s activist, Siza Ngubane.
The afterlives of indenture
South Africa’s history of indentured labor leaves behind a legacy of violence against women among the country’s South Asian population.
Water is life
How is it that water flows freely and cheaply in Nairobi’s wealthy neighborhoods, but thousands of people in informal settlements are denied access to it?
The weaponization of memory in Burundi
Prince Louis Rwagasore, also known as “Burundi’s Lumumba,” has been reduced to a political tool by the country’s elite, but artists are doing his legacy justice.
A Black woman in Bali
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?
Remembering Benjamin
The duty to remember the brutal murder of 15-year old Ghanaian-Norwegian, Benjamin Hermansen, and to intensify the battle against racism in Norway.
The forgotten history of migration to Africa
While World War II was ravaging Europe, thousands of Polish people found a safe haven in British colonial Africa.
The complete revolutionary
This week’s AIAC Talk is devoted to the life, thought, and legacy of Amílcar Cabral. Watch on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter, and subscribe to our Patreon for the archive.
Death by pesticide
How pesticides banned in the European Union continue to be sold in Kenya, and with devastating impact.
A gateway to the Black Indian Ocean
On this month’s AIAC Radio we take a visit to Djibouti and explore music cultures around the Indian Ocean that resulted from a long history of Asian and African exchange. Listen on Worldwide FM and follow us on Mixcloud.
Painting personal histories
The painter Cassi Namoda situates herself squarely in the artistic history of Mozambique, especially its rich tradition of anticolonial photography, as she turns outwards to the world.
Holding living bodies in graveyards
The violence of keeping Ethiopian manuscripts in Western institutions.
Reflections on an imploding empire
Americans should recognize that White supremacy does not love White folks.
Making the city possible
Re-visiting Nairobi’s urban history offers a glimpse into the forces that shaped modern life.
More morbid symptoms
Much of what passes for politics these days is actually just anti-politics: not a function of too much politicization, but a severe lack of it.