What’s behind Tunisia’s growing military?
In post-uprising Tunisia, the western backed military is hampering the country’s transition to democracy.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Senegalese cinema does not exist
Wolof-centered television may be a beacon of hope for Senegal’s waning cinema culture.
Neoliberalism’s children
There is very little self-made about Nigeria’s young, rich and glamorous like oil magnate Paddy Adenuga and DJ Cuppy.
It’s only business
How private education companies ruin education in Kenya: Private education companies have sought to cash in on the development game.
An overripe fruit will eventually fall off the tree
Artists played central roles in the protest movement that ended dictatorship in Burkina Faso.
One day we will find a language for this
New Warscapes volume explores travels and lives of migrants and refugees beyond mainstream portrayals.
On May Day, what is there to celebrate in Africa?
On International Workers’ Day, we provide a sweeping assessment of the strengths, weaknesses and potential of African trade unions.
Kwame Nkrumah and decolonial imagination
Historian Jeffrey Ahlman talks with Dan Magaziner about Nkrumahism’s shifting forms, and its influence on contemporary decolonization movements.
Two places called Kongo
Francesca Harding joins Chief Boima for the fourth episode recorded in Los Angeles, California. Our guest is Angolan activist Mel Gamboa.
How business news shapes Africa’s image
A study of Reuters suggests news media is not a simple mirror to the world: News content is a crafted, cultural product.
Where the social is political
If media claims to be a tool for deepening democracy and development in Africa, why is it necessary for protesters to resort to burning and barricading?
‘Going out’ – China in African media
China is developing a media footprint in Africa, via providing digital TV services and a global news channel.
If data is the answer, what are the African questions?
Having learnt from years of extolling “technological revolution,” isn’t it time we ask the right question(s) about data in Africa?
Hack, make, sell
How to change the erroneous perception of Africa as technology backwater. Go look, for example, at what the “Maker Movement” is doing in Ghana and Nigeria.
Economic Fighters wants to revive Ghana’s anti-colonial legacy
As Ghana moves forward with a US military agreement, one group seeks to challenge the country’s political direction.
Another socialist party in Zambia
In the unpredictable game of Zambian presidential politics, will the new Socialist Party win a chance to prove that it is different?
National Geographic’s mea culpa isn’t enough
A deeply colonial institution, with a shameful history, struggles to reinvent itself.
All the colors of jam
I had told many half-truths before, but those little lies were cute compared to this, the first time I told a big lie.
The Importance of Reading ‘Khwezi’
The Jacob Zuma years were especially damaging for re-introducing South Africans to political leaders who did not fear shame.
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?