Six LGBTQ+ figures from African history
In honor of Pride month, we revisit the past which shows that many Africans were unapologetic about their sexuality and gender non-conformity.
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Africans and the creation of the modern world
Europe would have been a marginal player in world history without Africa's natural resources and centuries of cheap African labor.
The Dar es Salaam years
In the early 1970s, Walter Rodney, expelled from Jamaica, took a post in Tanzania. In Leo Zeilig’s new book, he captures those exciting, but also difficult years and how it formed Rodney.
Zambia’s quiet diplomacy
Long seen as a neutral player in global affairs, Zambia’s foreign policy is shifting under new pressures—from Western donors, Chinese investment, and its own strategic ambitions.
Unexpected Connections
When you're surprised by the links between Afro-Peruvian roots-electronic music and Kuduro-Kizomba from Angola.
Democracy in Burundi
Hip hop artists from Senegal, to Morocco, to Angola, to the United States perform for Burundian political activist, Alexis Sinduhije.
Arthur Ashe and the Military Coup
In 1976, the American tennis star, Arthur Ashe, went to play in a tennis tournament in Lagos and promptly found himself in the middle of a coup by Nigeria's military.
Fear of a Black France
You want to troll French fascists? Tell them the truth: the most French man in the world right now is a black kid called Kylian Mbappé.
Cette équipe tue les fascistes
en ce moment, le plus français de tous les français est un gamin noir d’origine algérienne et camerounaise nommé Kylian Mbappé.
Celebrating May Day: Trade unions as schools of democracy
At the heart of the protest movement in Sudan is a trade union. Proving again that democratic influence and change require collective participation and organization.
Groundings with Walter Rodney
On the 50th anniversary of Walter Rodney's The Groundings With My Brothers, a small group of scholars on the impacts of Rodney on their intellectual development and political commitments.
Now is our time to tell our own stories
The celebrated Mozambican writer, Mia Cuoto, argues, among others, that it is essential that governments think in terms of the nation, not its elites.
Algeria’s forgotten revolutionary history
In the 1960s, Algiers was a beacon for worldwide liberation movements. What happened to its rebellious spirit?
Talking back: African feminisms in dialogue
How young, African feminist scholars are using their life experiences as sources and resources for theorizing their feminism.
The specter of Mannetjies Roux
An encounter on a cross continental flight with white South African men and their ways, by Robina Marks, a black woman and South Africa’s ambassador in Benin.
Will Africa be the last oil frontier?
The current run on Africa’s oil resources has strong echoes with the continent’s colonial past. The global movement’s task is to not let corporations get away with it.