Ghana’s Rastas and the year of return
Ghana's government likes to advertise its "Year of Return" to welcome members of the African diaspora back to the country, but the first returnees, Ratafarians, are still fighting for their rights.
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Self-devouring growth
In Africa, the consequences of the growth-at-all costs model are starting to reveal themselves, and they're not pretty.
Time travelin’
The Chimurenga arts collective explores the relevance of FESTAC, a near forgotten, epic black arts festival held in Nigeria in the mid-1970s, for our age.
‘Crazy Rich Nigerians’
Nigerians’ anger and frustration are deservedly directed to their government. But few point to the special breed of Nigerians: the "Crazy Rich Nigerians."
Should sleeping giants lie?
Colonial land grievances and the politics of redistribution in contemporary Kenya.
From cholera to corona: The politics of plagues in Africa
What lessons can we learn for today from the 2008-09 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe?
We wear the masks
The TV series "Watchmen" deserves credit for how it put unsung elements of black history into mainstream culture.
Solidarity under quarantine
Nelson Mandela's life teaches us that being quarantined is not the end of politics, but for the regeneration of politics.
Afro football fever
Football historian and broadcaster David Goldblatt’s new, encyclopedic book of football opens with a chapter on Africa. Here we republish an excerpt.
Democracy needs dissent
In a ruling party-dominated Tanzania, opposition parties are flawed but remain critically important.
The class character of police violence
Police violence and the murder of black people in the United States have provoked outrage and protest around the world, including on the continent. But, why is there so little outrage over police violence in African countries?
International thief thief
There can no longer be false justifications for holding Benin Bronzes, and other pilfered materials, in museums outside of Africa.
A deafening salvo
With a new book, Chimurenga resurrects Festac, the blackest and largest ever gathering of artists from Africa and its diaspora in 1977 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Moving forward while standing still
Reflecting on the 60th anniversary of Somalia’s Independence with Fouzia Warsame, one of the country's most prominent academics.
A debased tradition
What continuities can be drawn from the murder of Ahmed Timol in apartheid Johannesburg to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis?
The new ‘invisible enemy’
Anti-racism and political contagion from Save Darfur to Black Lives Matter.
Missing datasets
African societies are failing to systematically capture the true impact of COVID-19.
Nkrumah’s legacy
This week on our livestream show, we focus on the legacy of Kwame Nkrumah. Stream it live Tuesdays on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter. Subscribe to our Patreon for the podcast archive.
The philosopher king
A new biography of Tanzania's first president, Julius Nyerere, reveals a complicated legacy.
The problem with generalizations
Despite the media's wish for a neat story, the African continent's response to COVID-19 is all over the map.