• Sa’eed Husaini

Buharism, the social and economic outlook of Nigeria’s outgoing president, did not seek an alternative to neoliberal globalization, but sought to consolidate Nigeria’s place in it.

• Daniel Paget

Authoritarian populism isn’t the only authoritarian project we should be worried about, as Tanzania under the late John Magufuli showed.

• William J. Mpofu

The war in Ukraine indicates a new world disorder, where great powers fight for primacy and Africa continues to be exploited.

• Mongi Henda

Fear of the future, longing for the past: the new story in South African politics.

• Ramy Allahoum

Sahrawis are robbed of their agency by a zero sum game for influence between two regional rivals Morocco and Algeria.

• Niall Reddy

With the globe-spanning rise of right-wing populism, there may be good reason to fear for South Africa’s fledgling democracy.

• Siphiwe I. Dube

South African politics remain fertile ground for new orientations: mainly by black conservatives.

• William Shoki

Post the looting and failed insurrection, what would it mean for the South African left to undertake a populist political strategy? And should it look to South America for inspiration? A long read.

• James Yeku

Anyone who cares about civil society, free speech, and human rights should find the state’s digital silencing of its citizens deeply troubling.

• William Shoki

On AIAC Talk this week, we are tackling Africa’s long and evolving relationship with Asia. Watch it live Tuesday on YouTube.

• Samar Al-Bulushi

African states are involved in the War on Terror more than we think. They're surrounded by an eco-system of the war industry.

• Rasna Warah

The late Tanzanian president, John Pombe Magufuli, was initially lauded for his no-nonsense approach to corruption. But the cracks began to appear within months of his presidency.

• Danê Jaheem Sosaba

The new film about Brazilian revolutionary Carlos Marighella is one dimensional. It should not distract from Marighella's legacy.

• William Shoki

AIAC Talk investigates how Israel is courting the continent in a bid for international legitimacy. Watch on Youtube, Facebook and Twitter.

• Benjamin Talton

At another historical inflection point, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. recognized white Americans’ delusions as the property of the West more broadly.

• David Tonghou Ngong

At a time when Evangelical Christianity frequently goes against the interests of African people, is it time for us to re-make Christianity?

• Shimelis Mulugeta Kene
• Solen Feyissa

The current political conflict, now a civil war, in Ethiopia partly has its roots in disagreement among elites on how to narrativize Ethiopian history.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

On AIAC Talk: Hip hop's political legacies. Live on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter. Subscribe to our Patreon for the archive.

• Su'ad Abdul Khabeer

Hip hop and the Black political mainstream more broadly, continues to have hope in the promises of American capitalism.

• Dauti Kahura
• Akoko Akech

Kenya's Deputy President, William Ruto, wants to be president. He projects himself as a go-getter. But there is a more sinister story behind his hustler narrative.