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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
New ways of being Nigerian
There is a worrisome, undue accent on ethnic and sub-ethnic affiliations deserving scrutiny in Nigeria. Until
How the Nigerian Left imploded
It is difficult to find a credible Left political party or tendency within or outside the existing mainstream political structure in Nigeria.
What about human rights for ‘non-humans’
Human rights cannot offer a framework for humanizing the non-human savage – the non-human black body – because it is not designed to do so.
Next time you see the Mediterranean
The number of African migrants who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean is a tragedy, shamefully under-analyzed over the past 20 years.
Elections, amnesia and impunity in Kenya
Peace narratives cover up the need to address historical injustice and end a culture of impunity dating back to the days of Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta and continuing via his son, President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The winner takes all
Paul Kagame has won with more than 90 percent of the vote in 3 successive presidential elections in Rwanda.
Encountering the promised land
The story of the Rastafari community who moved to their promised land of Ethiopia on land granted by Haile Selassie in the late 1950s as thanks for diaspora’s support during the Italian occupation.
What about those Kenyans who could not vote?
Whoever wins the election, must protect refugees agains forced repatriation by the state or spontaneous attacks from partisan electoral violence.
The crisis of the party-state in South Africa
Improving socio-economic conditions may prove to be the precondition for fighting corruption.
The world of photographer Osaretin Ugiagbe
A Nigerian immigrant to the Bronx, New York, Osaretin Ugiagbe documents the lives of his friends and strangers on the streets.
A place to call home
A black woman, born in Cape Town, returns to the city to buy a house where she will hopefully retire.
The special relationship
South Africa may be Kabila’s closest bilateral ally and represents a key lifeline for his continued grip on power.
Put some respect on Nollywood’s name
The American network VICE turns to Nigeria and its film industry as a further source of wonder for its mostly white correspondents.
What’s bad for America’s children
Liberians should not be guinea pigs in an experiment to transform public education into a market opportunity for foreign capital.
The popping sound of rubber bullets
There have been few protests in South Africa’s post-Apartheid history that are as documented as Fees Must Fall. Add Aryan Kaganof’s “Metalepsis in Black” to the list.
Cultural appropriation and sugar drinks
Contrary to the utopian dreams of the early internet, the idea of a more democratic communications space has given way to a system of capitalist exploitation, including how we consume music.
The bad immigrants
Few immigrants make the connection between their immigration status and the potential for deportation if they came into contact with the criminal justice system.
South Sudan: the second time as tragic farce
The largest South Sudanese rebel movement is now in a leadership dispute proving more pernicious than Khartoum’s counter-insurgency strategies.
The Namibian debate on German reparations
There are Namibians, including Black Namibians, who resist fully addressing the genocide.