Politics
Akon makes no sense
The Senegalese-American R&B singer, Akon, imagines himself some kind of African political leader and regularly opines on comparisons between African countries and the US. We wished he didn't.
Gaddafi’s voluptuous Ukranian nurse
On the usefulness of WikiLeaks and the self-destructive personality of its founder, Julian Assange.
The Loser Remains President
In Cote d'Ivoire, expect a coalition government where the loser remains president and the winner as prime minister.
James Baldwin on racial oppression
The Black American writer, James Baldwin, draws parallels between oppression in South Africa, Algeria and the United States.
Some Other Kenya
Young Kenyans are not cynical, detached brand obsessed hedonists and want to take a personal stake in the affairs of the country.
Do you know Omar al Bashir?
Omar Al Bashir has long been the focus of Save Darfur and the Enough Project. But how many of those targeted by their campaigns, could recognize Sudan's president.
Yoweri Museveni busts a move
Uganda's President, in power since 1986, has tried to appeal to the country's youth by rapping. Is it any good?
The anti-politics machine
James Scott: "the majority of article publishing [in academia] is . . . put together to help people get tenure, and that holds even for peer-reviewed articles."
Achille Mbembe’s Africa
if Africa wants to re-imagine itself it will have to look somewhere else than to Europe which “seems to be gripped by an enormous desire for apartheid.”
Desmond Tutu embarks on a life of well-earned dotage
The 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town is one of South Africa's great moral leaders.