Kenya’s prison industrial complex
The fundamental flaws in President Uhuru Kenyatta's plan to make jails profitable.
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‘Queen Sono’ and Netflix’s future in Africa
Queen Sono may be Netflix’s most popular series, but it may not be the right home for the new wave of African film and television.
The irrelevance of NGOs in Tanzania
NGOs have been notably absent in the fight against COVID-19, despite claims they exist solely to ensure accountability and transparency by government.
Wole Soyinka’s little known musical endeavors
Among other notable achievements, Wole Soyinka made political music. In 1983, he even released an album.
Paying the ultimate price
COVID-19 is teaching us lessons we should have learned from the HIV epidemic.
Reclaiming digital platforms for African feminists
The Hub of Loving Action in Africa (HOLAA), promotes conversations about African experiences with sex and sexuality.
The real pandemic
The South African government's COVID-19 "rescue plan" is an opportunity to rethink its economic model, if it can break with market orthodoxy.
Women’s political consciousness in Senegal
Rama Salla Dieng talks with a British literature scholar on literary activism in French.
Decolonizing the Lens
Because of the 1994 genocide, Rwanda occupies a complicated place in the world’s imagination. A new film, about the preceding 1973 pogrom, wants to demystify that view. Does it succeed?
The new normal
Reflections from New Orleans, Louisiana—the US's most African city—on the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Talking back: African feminisms in dialogue
How young, African feminist scholars are using their life experiences as sources and resources for theorizing their feminism.
Ghana responds to the coronavirus
Demolishing homes of poor residents in Accra while under lockdown, tells us all we need to know about the Ghanaian state's treatment of working class people.