• Steve Howard

In his memoir, the sociologist Steve Howard writes about experiencing Ramadan in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

What does it say about a country that could elect such an unsavory character?

• Robert Nzaou-Kissolo

• Boima Tucker

• Rochelle Burgess

What can we do for 'the worst place in the world'? Surely this play in London, is not the thing.

• Sella Oneko

A number of recently made, small budget films are doing the festival rounds. They give great insight into African women as actors, characters and filmmakers.

• Lara Pawson

• Aubrey Bloomfield

The constant struggle of the Sahrawi to assert their identity in the face of a permanent occupation by Morocco.

• Gili Levinson

Malians started arriving in New York City in the 1980s, numbering about 8,000 now. They also brought their music.

• George Kibala Bauer

Congo needs fewer metanarratives from the West and more of Radio Tele Manika.

• Noah Tsika

An interview with Samba Gadjigo, the late Ousmane Sembene’s longtime friend and official biographer about the resurgence of Sembene’s work.

• Lara Pawson

• Sisonke Msimang

We are in a new phase, one that is characterised by a rejection of compromise as a tactic for managing democratic intercourse.

• Anakwa Dwamena

Most poor African immigrants to the US can't pull the “get out of black”-card when confronted with racism, something middle class Africans can pull.

• Anne Pitcher

Few works sufficiently recognize the truly transnational character of the eugenics movement, and how colonial Africa served as the launching pad for it.

• Boima Tucker

• Wendy Willems

• Leila Dee Dougan

The policing of black hair often begins at a very young age, in the most subtle and intimate spaces, long before you get to school.

• Chris Bolsmann

Next time 'Die Stem' part of the South African anthem plays, the appropriate reaction is to sit down or take a knee.

• Boima Tucker