Marxism and Islam in Africa
Karl Marx can be useful to people fighting for social justice and who at the same time are deeply religious.
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Football failures mirror Gabon’s sorry state
The image of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, descending alone from the field after Gabon was knocked out of AFCON 2017 game, tells the whole story of Gabon's malaise.
By the light of the arrivals gate
Guinea's electricity crisis is a metaphor for the country's postcolonial maladies
Crime in South Africa
Two books tell complex and illuminating stories of how crime and corruption play out at the street level in the country's cities.
Power against Power in Ghana
Art – especially music – occupies a double-edged place in Ghanaian history in its relation to power.
White masks in Tunisia
Racism against its black citizens permeates the social, institutional, and political strata of Tunisia.
If they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night
The need for vigilance and sustained, principled resistance under the new regime of U.S. President, Donald Trump.
The Delasi Edition
This selection of smooth Afropop illustrates Delasi's transnational vision for contemporary African art and music.
Europe’s refugee colonialism
EU countries outsource their “migration problem” to mostly authoritarian or unstable regimes. 24 African countries already receive funding to “stem migration.”
Nigeria’s ‘brain drain’
The tensions between young Nigerians eager to flee their country for a better life in the United States and those already exposed to US culture.
What lessons on fascism can we learn from Africa’s colonial past?
In the 1930s fascism’s face was immediately recognizable in colonial Africa. It was neither a foreign concept nor an external threat in Africa.