Economic Fighters wants to revive Ghana’s anti-colonial legacy
As Ghana moves forward with a US military agreement, one group seeks to challenge the country's political direction.
Politics
Another socialist party in Zambia
In the unpredictable game of Zambian presidential politics, will the new Socialist Party win a chance to prove that it is different?
Winnie Mandela and the people’s doctor
The murder of Abu Asvat has clouded Winnie Mandela's legacy. Theirdeep friendship symbolized what could have been in the struggle forfreedom.
You strike a woman, you strike a rock
What is it like to be a woman leader in South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters?
Set the world on fire
How black women shaped black nationalist and internationalist movements in the twentieth century United States.
Action on land reform lags behind debate in South Africa
Land reform dominates public debate in South Africa. But it comes with a lack of data and a clear policy.
An incomplete Peace in the Central African Republic
It is key that peacemaking in the CAR prioritize inclusion of minorities, especially Muslim and Peuhl Central Africans.
Aliko Dangote needs the Nigerian state to thrive
Despite what Dangote wants us to believes about the magical power of entrepreneurship, his business savvy alone is not why he made it.
The tale of two presidents
When rain falls on a leopard, it does not wash off his spots. The same can’t be said of Kenya’s media and the opposition after Uhuru Kenyatta’s crackdown.
No platform for Apartheid
30 years ago, free speech advocates were more willing to tolerate far-right voices than oppose them. It's now happening again.
Pythons and lily pads
Is the US military on its way to Ghana to set up base? What do Ghanaians think.
African story time
George Clooney and John Prendergast's simple story about African conflict breeds ineffective solutions.
The Angolan regime’s least favorite journalist
Despite the political reforms by Angola’s government, the harassment of anti-corruption journalist Rafael Marques continues.
The peculiar nostalgia for the former Bantustans in South Africa
Some South Africans are looking back on the apartheid era's Bantustan homelands with reverence. Here is why.
And what for future generations in Sierra Leone?
In Sierra Leone, politicians make promises to youth in exchange for support in elections, but they rarely deliver. This must change.
#MeToo, Africa too?
Do online movements such as #MeToo #HerToo and #TimesUp do enough to address the experiences of all victims of sexual violence?
The Afghanistan-ization of Africa
Most people are unaware that U.S. troops are active in almost every African country.
Addressing the genocide in Namibia
It took almost 110 years for Germany to accept the fact of the Namibian Genocide of 1904-1908.
The shadow networks that govern migration across Africa
The centrality of land in the new economic and social spaces and relations produced by conflict and displacement.
When Rex Tillerson toured some of Africa’s “shithole” countries
Right before he was fired, outgoing US Secretary of State visited six African countries. Here's why.