Between Rwanda and Mandela
When it comes to Africa, as Wole Soyinka recently wrote in his book “Of Africa,” the West is constantly careening between hope and despair, Rwanda and Mandela
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Mahmood Mamdani remembers his friend and comrade Sam Moyo
I no longer recall when exactly I met Sam. Maybe it was in the late 1970s
The bargaining power of African states
One of the main challenge for the continent remain: there is a lack of consensus in terms of African strategies towards India, the US, or China.
The Bill Cosby Show
To make sense of Bill Cosby’s fall from grace requires distinguishing questions of legacy from questions of individual reputation.
An ode in memory of Chimusoro Sam Moyo
The feminist Bella Matabanadzho remembers Zimbabwean academic and activist Sam Moyo carrying his “intellectual smarts with so much ease.”
Why I left the most beautiful place on earth
The appeal of living off the grid, in a small, hippy bubble on the tip of Africa is what drew the author to Scarborough in Cape Town but the reality – especially the casual racism – drives him away.
The Congolese Burden
‘Beauté Congo’ wonderfully represents Congolese contemporary art, yet fails to completely evade European colonial baggage.
الاجئين يحتاجون الحرية لا المساعدات
كأحد الناشطين في مجال حقوق الاجئين وكمهاجر عايشت كل الظروف التي يمر بها الاجئين القادمين الي
Refugees need freedom, not handouts
As immigrants, refugees and citizens, we must fight together to stop the rampant racism created and sustained by the government and their policies of forced isolation.
Brazil’s Cold Welcome
How accusations that a visiting African-American professor was denied entry to a high end hotel, present an opportunity to address racism in Brazil.
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The emperor gets a new wardrobe
African political elites will continue to use the spoils of “development” and aid to serve their personal interests.
Fueling rightwing populism
Xenophobia after the #ParisAttacks isn’t limited to boneheads like Rupert Murdoch.
Waiting to be local
The writer, in graduate school in Britain, writes about the various roadblocks in the way of Africans, in his case Ugandans, to travel to Europe.
Bedtime reading for George Clooney
How can international advocacy movements be self-reflective and accountable to the people on whose behalf they speak?
The “refugees welcome” culture
For all the good press, the majority of German society are uncomfortable with people who frame their demands from a postcolonial perspective.
Asking for a friend
The big questions that animated our friend this week: Facebook, thanks for the 'Paris Safety Check.'
A History in Fragments
The recent explosions in the Stade de France was one of the most surreal things to ever take place in a stadium built nearly two decades ago specifically to house history.
Sex, beer, and ndombolo
A Congolese writer whose work oscillates between gripping dystopia and humanist celebration.
The land grabs in Africa you don’t hear about
There’s little doubt that Chinese and Arab interests are procuring land in Africa, but a careful review of the evidence suggests also point to local buyers.