
A Closer Look at Mexico’s Drop in Violence
The catastrophic consequences of Mexico’s militarized war on drugs, despite all the breezy media coverage.
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Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.

The catastrophic consequences of Mexico’s militarized war on drugs, despite all the breezy media coverage.


Kudzanai Chiurai, the Zimbabwean-born South African artist known for his ironic commentaries on postcolonial politics, is the subject of a documentary film by BLK JKS guitarist Mpumelelo Mcata.

Black players are consistently reduced to their racial identities by the South African media.

Twitter has declared General Muhammadu Buhari as President-Elect of Nigeria, Africa’s biggest democracy.

Why do Western media outlets still fantasize that Apartheid’s foot soldiers will be the ones to stop Boko Haram?

J.M. Coetzee wondered in the late 1980s what price white South Africans are willing to pay for fraternity with Black South Africans.


The hashtag #CadaanStudies put the spotlight on the domination of Somali Studies by whites scholars.

The agency was the “most dedicated and influential critic” of black writers, with agents writing detailed analyses of authors they were spying on.

By studying the actions of his British South Africa Company (BSAC) in present day Zambia, starting about 1890, the answer is an emphatic: No.

One of the most scandalous statistics at the University of Cape Town: only 3% of academic staff are black, and only two full professors are black in the faculty of Humanities.

The unexpected popularity of British rock band, Dire Straits, among North Africa’s Tuareg communities.

Karim Wade, the son of Senegal’s former president, is emblematic of how Abdoulaye Wade’s family made the state their personal property.

A conscious effort must be made – mustering Nigeria’s considerable human capital at home and in the diaspora- to build alternative structures of political engagement.

Protests are important because they raise awareness. Awareness leads to dialogue. And dialogue may lead to lasting solutions.


A migrant’s fight for a place in Germany.