Asking for a friend
…(who as recently as 2012 still defended Apartheid) on immigration? Why does Stellenbosch University (where English
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A History in Fragments
The recent explosions in the Stade de France was one of the most surreal things to ever take place in a stadium built nearly two decades ago specifically to house history.
Our Ivanka, our America
Most of the approximately eleven million people that live and work in the United States as illegal immigrants are Latin Americans. Some work for Republicans.
Abdi Latif Ega and the rejection of the ‘African’ novel
Somali-American novelist Ega speaks about creating complex characters, the relationship of images to creative writing and the state of African literature today.
What Kenya means to Barack Obama
Throughout Barack Obama’s presidency, his personal links to Kenya have been weaponized by the U.S.'s Right’s as a slur. But there's more to his relationship with his father's country.
Making Europe White… Again
…these racist discourses serve to legitimate increasingly stringent immigration controls and mechanisms of refugee incorporation. In
Kenya’s greatest virtue
Can African states offer new approaches to refugee asylum?
The lives and times of Africans in Guangzhou
The film 'Guangzhou Dream Factory" is a rich account of the complexities of living in China as an African migrant.
Making Somalia great again
…American-Somali, who was popular for ensuring regular payment to troops as Prime Minister, announced that he
A cure for the Dutch disease
The Netherlands needs a politics that is about race and class and gender and sexuality – not just about class in a reductionist sense.
How France will eat itself
Police brutality mediates the relationship between French citizens of African descent and public and political institutions.
Le Pen vs. Macron: Implications for Africa
The real danger of an Emmanuel Macron victory is that, simply by virtue of not being Marine Le Pen, his policies will be treated as reasonable.
For us, Zimbabweans, South Africa is home
We consider ourselves an indispensable and integral part of its national life, because it is our home, writes a Zimbabwean scholar.
The Biafran Immigrant
The playwright Mfoniso Udofia is trying to debunk the “typical” understanding of Africa, and specifically Nigeria, in her work.
Cultural appropriation and sugar drinks
Contrary to the utopian dreams of the early internet, the idea of a more democratic communications space has given way to a system of capitalist exploitation, including how we consume music.
To think through and beyond the nation-state
A conversation on books, borders, and belonging with Somali-American writer, Abdul Adan.
The Deportation Deal
Paul Kagame and Benjamin Netanyahu are enablers of each other’s worst behavior, whether providing cover for each other's domestic policies or how Israel treats African migrants and refugees.
What we know about Trump’s policy aims in Africa
The most senior African official in the US State Department gives a peak what Trump thinks of Africa.
Searching for white genocide in South Africa
The plight of white South Africans has clearly become the flavor of the month on the far-right.
A record Congo doesn’t want
More Congolese are displaced from their homes than Iraqis, Yemenis, or Rohingyas. according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.