Discourse on colonialism
Today marks ten years since Aimé Césaire’s death. What would he have thought about the state of the former French colonies today?
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Ladan Osman
Ladan Osman is the author of Exiles of Eden (2019) and The Kitchen-Dweller’s Testimony (2015). She lives in Brooklyn.
No more caricatures
Engaging seriously with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s life could help us understand how South Africa got where it is and where it’s going.
Sounds of wisdom
The Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar aims to show that music is much more than a collection of tunes.
Winnie Mandela and the people’s doctor
The murder of Abu Asvat has clouded Winnie Mandela’s legacy. Their deep friendship symbolized what could have been in the struggle for freedom.
The double consciousness of Paul Gilroy
2018 marks 25 years since the publication of Gilroy’s seminal work, The Black Atlantic.
Unthinking refugee studies
What use are academic categories when they reinforce conservative concepts scholars seek to challenge?
You strike a woman, you strike a rock
What is it like to be a woman leader in South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters?
What is Uber up to in Africa?
Uber’s usual tricks — to provoke price wars in an attempt to increase their share of markets, evade taxes, and undermine workers’ rights — are alive and well in Africa.
Set the world on fire
How black women shaped black nationalist and internationalist movements in the twentieth century United States.
Action on land reform lags behind debate in South Africa
Land reform dominates public debate in South Africa. But it comes with a lack of data and a clear policy.
An incomplete Peace in the Central African Republic
It is key that peacemaking in the CAR prioritize inclusion of minorities, especially Muslim and Peuhl Central Africans.
The boundaries of the Global African Diaspora
New York City’s Caribbean Cultural Center seeks to “document and present the creative genius of African Diaspora cultures.”
Aliko Dangote needs the Nigerian state to thrive
Despite what Dangote wants us to believes about the magical power of entrepreneurship, his business savvy alone is not why he made it.
The tale of two presidents
When rain falls on a leopard, it does not wash off his spots. The same can’t be said of Kenya’s media and the opposition after Uhuru Kenyatta’s crackdown.
Wokeness and the professional outrage machine
Social media group-think derails any chance for a progressive political movement.
No platform for Apartheid
30 years ago, free speech advocates were more willing to tolerate far-right voices than oppose them. It’s now happening again.
Pythons and lily pads
Is the US military on its way to Ghana to set up base? What do Ghanaians think.
Black in Berlin
Living in the city that hosted the 1884 conference where Western powers divided up Africa for themselves
Nollywood 3.0
Dare Olaitan’s film Ojukokoro gets some room to breathe in New York, after being stifled at the box office in Lagos.
A cinema of dissent
Burkinabe filmmaker Idrissa Ouédraogo was a singular talent in African cinema. His films championed marginalized people and cultures.