The Education We Want
African teachers organize themselves against privatization of public education. These academics are widespread in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda.
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We know from political crises in Africa that foreign intervention is a bad idea
Foreign support for governments that benefit privileged elites and their external backers perpetuate violence and instability. It won't be any different for Latin American countries like Venezuela.
Who’s reporting Africa now?
NGOs and freelance journalists are increasingly filling the vacuum being left by a declining Western media presence. It's not all good.
The ways in which movement can and cannot heal
An interview with author Emmanuel Iduma on traveling through twenty African cities.
Against Zionism
The moral drama of the Israeli occupation plays out at a South African school.
The political viability of anti-immigrationism
European nations increasingly look to the physical space of African nations for potential solutions to their racial and demographic anxieties.
A meditation on home
A new memoir by South African-American Stephanie Urdang offers a remarkable and feminist view of love, longing and revolutionary struggle.
Sudan’s national salvation
Omar al Bashir has fallen in Khartoum. Beyond regime change—managed by the military—there's a deeper economic crisis.
Are the Russians forging an ’empire’ in Africa?
In contrast to renewed fears in the west over Russian expansionism in Africa, Russia's increased presence on the continent is mostly about pursuing lucrative business opportunities.
After the scramble
It's time to return Africa's vinyl records.
Is the world ready to support a Green New Deal for Africa?
The Green New Deal is surely the United States’ most ambitious vision for climate justice to date. But the climate crisis is a global one and Africa is Ground Zero.
Solidarity with Sudan begins at home
A guide on how to support the uprising in Sudan.
Instagram misreads a revolution
What social media activism gets wrong about the #SudanUprising: Sometimes it may be appropriate to leave the hashtags alone and say nothing.
Drones over Djibouti
Investments in military infrastructure by global powers, such as China and the United States, have increased on the African continent in recent years.
Arabs and Africans
How the African Cup of Nations shows up Arab-African identity and cultural politics on the continent.
Greening the Sahel isn’t enough
Mitigating climate change's impact on the Sahel by planting trees across it, is not enough. Averting disaster requires even bigger thinking.