The ANC Women’s League is Dead
It has failed repeatedly to check misogyny within the ANC and made shallow attempts to check misogyny outside the movement.
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
The African Team that Played in Spain’s La Liga
Moghreb Tetouan, now back in Morocco, remains the only African club ever to hold a spot in a top-flight European football league.
Nicki Minaj’s Angola
Africa is a Country asked a group of writers and thinkers what they think the 15+2 trial means for contemporary Angola, which celebrated its independence on November 11.
The corruption of hip hop in Burkina Faso
For rapper, Art Melody, hip hop is a philosophy, one that can’t be sold out for fame, money, or even politics.
Does the Gates Foundation do more harm than good?
When you have as much money as the Gates Foundation, you can buy your way into some pretty powerful places.
Antiracism policy in Latin America
The renewed focus on the struggle for Latin American Afrodescendant rights. A conference report.
Lucy Sichone–conscience of the Zambian nation
The first Zambian woman to be a Rhodes Scholar, lawyer Lucy Sichone returned home to represent people whose rights were trampled on.
Bringing Brazil’s Northeastern culture to the world
I've never been to the Northeast of Brazil, but I have paid R$5 to walk through
The Great Question in Dar es Salaam
It’s the Great Question in business, and the Great Question in public offices.
The Roots of Africa’s Present Condition
Today sees the relaunch of the famed Review of African Political Economy, this time on the
Weekend Music Break – Madiba The 5th December Edition
On this day two years ago, Nelson Mandela passed. Madiba and his legacy has been covered widely
Decolonising Lesotho’s Literary Landscape
Lesotho writers and creators’ growing awareness that they are part of a global society and just trying to claim their place as agents in this world that they live in.
A Cartographic Narrative
Visualizing the 1760-1761 Slave Revolt in Jamaica, the greatest slave insurrection in the eighteenth century British Empire.
Hip hop is the voice of the working class
An interview with Cape Town-based anarchist hip hop collective, Soundz of the South (or SOS).
Europe’s Eritrean “Problem”
Eritrean refugees — one of the largest groups seeking safety in Europe — have been a primary target of those wanting to close Europe’s borders.
Africa is a Radio: Episode #14
2015's last episode of Africa is a Radio features a snippet from an extended interview with
Grasping the specificity of the political in Africa
Revisiting the Ugandan political scientist Mahmood Mamdani’s seminal book, “Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism.”
The Magnificence of Kongo Art
Twenty-one years ago, “Angolan Sculpture, memorial of cultures,” curated by Marie Louise Bastin in the Lisbon
The Organic Intellectual
Sam Moyo, who died in a car accident on 22 November 2015, was a leading authority on Zimbabwean agrarian, land, and environmental issues.
The hypocrisy of the imperial enterprise
How to make sense of the Paris attacks within the international history of the 20th and 21th century, especially France’s history of colonialism.