Utopias, joy, and the law
The director of Kenyan film ‘Rafiki’ discusses leading the struggle against state sponsored censorship in Kenya right now.
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
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African literature is a country
What if you survey African literature professors to find out which works and writers are most regularly taught? Only a few canonical ones continue to dominate curricula.
No one is coming to save us
The government of Zimbabwe has decided it does not care whether Zimbabweans live or die.
Fighting the pandemic in the global South
On the other side of the pandemic, we must strengthen and build strong working-class movements to challenge imperialism and neocolonialism.
Herman Mashaba wants you to forget
When considering Herman Mashaba’s new political plans, the South African public must reckon with the former mayor of Johannesburg’s actual record.
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, a healer from within
We should honor Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba by carrying on his life’s work.
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, un guérisseur de l’esprit
Il sied d’honorer le professeur Ernest Wamba dia Wamba en continuant l’œuvre de sa vie.
Ernest Wamba dia Wamba mponyaji kutoka ndani
Tunapaswa kumheshimu Profesa Ernest Wamba dia Wamba kwa kuendelea na kazi ya maisha yake.
Ghana’s retrogressive Public Universities Bill
Ghana’s ruling party has proposed a new law to control the country’s public universities. The country’s academics are fighting it.
Naira Marley is no revolutionary
A fan of rapper Naira Marley writes that it will take more than counter-cultural popularity to effect any tangible change in Nigeria.
Although it’s dangerous, we need to survive
Burundian refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda are enacting grassroots responses to COVID-19.
The media’s crisis on Ethiopia
Western media coverage of Ethiopia’s political crisis turns a blind eye to the grassroots movement behind the protests.
Khartoum’s lockdown
In Sudan’s capital, security forces arbitrarily enforce a haphazard lockdown.
The lost heritage of emergency relief
Local traditions of crisis management have largely been shed along the path to “development.” The age of COVID-19 is the time to recover them.
Weekend Music Break No.113
We’re back with another playlist of songs for your weekend!
What washerwomen would say on a webinar
Regular Kenyans try to survive the economic fallout from the coronavirus.
A private city
Eko Atlantic in Lagos, like Tatu City in Nairobi, Kenya; Hope City in Accra, Ghana; and Cité le Fleuve in Kinshasa, DRC, point to the rise of private cities. What does it mean for the rest of us?
To fight unemployment we have to fight capitalism
Three activists from the Assembly of the Unemployed talk to us about the challenges facing working-class communities in South Africa.
GMOs for Africa?
Rather than addressing food scarcity, genetically modified crops may render African farmers and scientists more, not less, reliant on global markets.