
Afrophobic metamorphosis
Afrophobia in South Africa is no longer shouted—it is rationalized, rebranded, and wrapped in the language of law and patriotism.
Afrophobia in South Africa is no longer shouted—it is rationalized, rebranded, and wrapped in the language of law and patriotism.
From Congo to Gaza, the machinery of empire hides behind the language of aid and development.
Sudan’s revolution removed a dictator but left intact the deep structures of racialized hierarchy, militarism, and elite rule. Resistance committees built new forms of power, but without rupture, the old order reassembled itself.
As the pink tide swept through Latin America, Africa’s neoliberal regimes held firm. Where is Africa’s rupture —and what explains the absence of a sustained left challenge?
The first print edition of Africa Is a Country asks: Fifteen years after the mass protest decade began, what happens when the crisis endures?
When two Africans—one from the south, the other from the north—set out to cross the continent, they raised the question: how easy is it for an African to move in their own land?
As global powers debate alternatives to the dollar, Nigerian traders, Chinese exporters, and everyday crypto users are already reshaping the rules of currency exchange, as the hosts of the Nigerian Scam find out in the latest episode of the AIAC podcast.
Between Israeli bombs and state repression, ordinary Iranians are once again denied control over their own future.
The ‘Sumud’ convoy from Tunis to Gaza is reviving the radical promise of pan-African solidarity and reclaiming an anticolonial tactic lost to history.
After 50 Years of independence in Mozambique, what and how to celebrate?
Depois de 50 anos de independência em Moçambique: o quê e como celebrar?
A postmortem on the African Growth and Opportunities Act.
Despite the popularity of the Sahel's military leaders internationally, most Malians have yet to see improvement to their material conditions at home.
Amid Trump’s tariffs, Africa faces trade disruptions, corporate power, and emerging partnerships in its quest to control its economic destiny.
A lack of reliable statistics and coherent strategy to address femicide in Kenya, has left a culture of everyday insecurity for women in the country.
Europe’s flagship development plan promises investment and partnership—but delivers debt, displacement, and old colonial patterns dressed up in green.
In the aftermath of the Stilfontein mining tragedy, South Africa must confront not just policy failure but a deeper amnesia: the erasure of women, memory, and indigenous ethics from its extractive economy.
Cape Town’s digital nomads chase cheap luxury and scenic backdrops—but behind the matcha lattes and “social impact days” lies a deeper story of economic power, displacement, and global inequality.
With Europe increasingly closed, West African migrants are turning to the US—via Latin America. But the journey is long, dangerous, and brutally expensive, raising urgent questions about global responsibility.
In Tanzania and beyond, political elites manage informal workers not by ignoring them—but by shaping their identities, dividing their ranks, and using class to tighten their hold on power.