When Pelé ended a war
From July 1967 to January 1970, Nigeria was engaged in civil war. Apparently, one person could make the war pause: The G.O.A.T., Pelé.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
The year of the girl child in Tanzania?
October 11 is International Day of the Girl Child, and October 25 Tanzania will run Presidential
Memory, between nostalgia and archive
The relevance of Mauritius in the flows and exchanges between global superpowers, especially Britain and the United States.
The technological circuits of the African diaspora
Given this history of Black dispersal and displacement, what might a liberatory mobility look like?
Weekend Music Break No.85 – The Dance Edition!
The weekend is here so let's take a break to enjoy some music... and dance! This
The Memory Box
The digitization of oral histories of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath.
Morocco’s ‘African’ identity
It will be Moroccans overseas that will give Gnawa music and culture an extra push towards the center of Morocco’s cultural identity.
A reflection from being on the inside of the South African badvertising industry
One of the things you must accept when you work in the advertising industry is that
George Houser: US ally of African liberation struggles
An ally of a who’s who of revolutionaries like Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral, Oliver Tambo, and Kenneth Kaunda.
The holy fire that burns in the home
An interview with Richard Pakleppa, director of ‘Paths To Freedom’, a film on Namibian liberation.
Open Stellenbosch aims to move its fight beyond campus boundaries
Over the last few months students in South Africa have called for the decolonisation of institutions
Ride with Malitia Malimob
Rapper Chino’o talks about everything from immigration to police brutality in the U.S., and the future of Somalia.
Colombia, the peace process and a historic handshake
This transition from conflict to post-conflict represents a different approach to solve the underlying causes that gave raise to Colombia’s violence.
The World Bank has a terrible memory
Writing from afar plus writing with sun glasses that are heavily tainted with ideology is dangerous.
How to make sense of the coup in Burkina Faso
A list of articles to read, twitter accounts to follow, blogs to bookmarked to make sense of the ever evolving situation in Burkina Faso.
Weekend Music Break No.84
Whether you're watching a game, having a drink with friends, or even getting some work in,
Thirteen propositions
President Michel Kafando is back in charge in Burkina Faso, but now what?
The Young Lords In New York Exhibit: A timely and provocative look at a political movement
In 1970, a young man of color who was a member of a radical group was
The tale of a state in limbo
Borderlines (2015) is Michela Wrong’s debut novel. Taking the perspective of a British narrator named Paula, it
A Luta Continua
In what is a victory for media freedom, a Mozambican judge rules it is “perfectly acceptable in a democracy” to criticize your leaders.