Winnie Mandela and the historians
Historians have surprisingly said little about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, before or since her April 2018 passing.
Culture
Even love does not fear death
Sierra Leoneans take center stage as storytellers and active witnesses in a new documentary about the Ebola outbreak.
The World Cup and international relations
Who gets to host future editions of the men's soccer World Cup is not just big business, but also a bargaining chip in international relations.
Pentecostal republic
Christian Pentecostalism has crept to the center of public life in Nigeria.
Kinshasa headache
The harsh realities of resistance for a new generation in Joseph Kabila’s Congo.
Pay me what you owe me
Brooklyn, Biggie Smalls and Hari Kunzru’s White Tears.
The ethics of political art
A critical review of Swiss theatre director Milo Rau’s multi-media project, "Congo Tribunal,” about the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Rwanda’s £30 million Arsenal sleeve
The Arsenal 'Visit Rwanda' sponsorship deal is government image management 101.
I am German when we win
Mezut Ozil called out racism in Germany. So what happened to the conversation about dual heritage, racism and immigration there?
The President’s Footballers
Star players in Cameroon's national soccer team have always doubled as PR pawns for the protracted rule of the country's aging and hard-line head of state.
‘Why should we speak with you?’
An interview with Ruben Andersson on his book Illegality Inc, an ethnographic account of Europe’s efforts to halt irregular migration along Spain's borders with Africa.
Pentecostal penance provides dubious prosperity
Prosperity preachers in Africa have been the subject of much media coverage, but may not be as popular as it would seem.
Decolonizing the academy
On the denial of academic institutions when it comes to talk of decolonization.
The Black Mediterranean and the limits of liberal solidarity
The documentary film, 'When Paul came over the sea' (2017) is an important summary of the conditions and motives behind forced displacement of African migrants
The global ways of white supremacy
White supremacy always relies on an international interdependence as Trump's support for white extremists in South Africa shows.
Xenophobia and party politics in South Africa
All political parties in South Africa try to mobilize voters based on their and voters' xenophobia and they're outdoing each other with an election scheduled for 2019.
What would happen if the women cut their ribbons?
Rungano Nyoni’s brilliant film I Am Not a Witch with humor and grace challenges our expectations put on girls.
The core of Samir Amin’s politics
The Egyptian Marxist Samir Amin's contributions to historical social science—and revolutionary theory—span an almost mind-boggling breadth.
What happened on Bird Island
The pain caused by the South African Apartheid government has been widely recorded. But we may not have heard the half of it.
A story of love in the time of the constitution
The relationship of South African former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela with her daughter is a perfect metaphor for the state of the country's politics.