• Jonathan Ort

Trump’s deportation regime revives a colonial blueprint first drafted by the American Colonization Society, when Black lives were exiled to Africa to safeguard a white republic.

• Muoki Mbunga

Kenya’s largest-ever protests have drawn striking comparisons to the Mau Mau uprising. But for today’s movement to endure, it must move beyond the streets and invest in political education.

• Maher Mezahi

A new season of the African Five-a-side podcast asks, “what is the greatest match in the history of men's African football?”

• Harlem Lamine

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations opens in Morocco amid growing calls to preserve the stories, players, and legacy of the women who built the game — before they’re lost to erasure and algorithm alike.

• Alexanderia Haidara

Ryan Coogler’s latest film is more than a vampire fable — it’s a bridge between Black American history and African audiences hungry for connection, investment, and storytelling rooted in shared struggle.

• António Tomás

In the film 'Tales of Oblivion,' Dulce Fernandes excavates the buried history of slavery in Portugal, challenging a national mythology built on sea voyages, silence, and selective memory.

• António Tomás

Em 'Contos do Esquecimento,' Dulce Fernandes desenterrou histórias esquecidas da escravidão em Portugal, desafiando uma mitologia nacional construída sobre viagens marítimas, silêncio e memória seletiva.

• Naila Aroni

Recent celebrity investments in the continent raises the question: Who is it really for?

• Luis Castellví Laukamp

The last great Fang bard, Eyí Moan Ndong fused myth, music, and sci-fi to create epic performances that defy Western categories — and demand global recognition.

• Luis Castellví Laukamp

El último gran bardo Fang, Eyí Moan Ndong, fusionó el mito, la música y la ciencia ficción para crear actuaciones épicas que desafían las categorías occidentales y exigen reconocimiento mundial.

• Naima Kane

In a hauntingly sincere recollection of her childhood and evolution into the ‘Most Dangerous woman in Africa,’ Andrée Blouin reintroduces herself while taking readers alongside an intimate ‘Africa Tour.'

• Rose Miyonga

A powerful new documentary follows Evelyn Wanjugu Kimathi’s personal and political journey to recover her father’s remains — and to reckon with Kenya’s unfinished struggle for land, justice, and historical memory.

• Albie Sachs

In this wide-ranging conversation, the freedom fighter and former Constitutional Court justice Albie Sachs reflects on law, liberation, and the unfinished work of building a just South Africa.

• Johan Gimonprez

The director of the Oscar-nominated film 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' reflects on imperial violence, corporate warfare, and how cinema can disrupt the official record — and help us remember differently.

• Achille Tenkiang

Across the continent, music festivals are challenging industry gatekeepers and testing what it means to organize on African terms.

• Gyekye Tanoh

On the podcast, we explore: How did Ghana go from Nkrumah’s radical vision to neoliberal entrenchment? Gyekye Tanoh unpacks the forces behind its political stability, deepening inequality, and the fractures shaping its future.

• Dean Clay

A US-backed infrastructure project in the DRC is framed as development, but history suggests it’s just another pipeline for foreign powers to profit from Congo’s riches.

• Desiree Dawson

Rebecca Hall’s "Wake" uncovers the hidden history of African women warriors and their role in resisting the transatlantic slave trade.

• Rehad Desai

Mozambique’s disputed elections triggered a deadly uprising, as citizens resisted Frelimo’s rule and exposed the cracks in neoliberal policies.

• Herbert Jauch

Namibia’s founding president led the fight for independence with unwavering resolve, but his legacy is complicated by economic compromises and political dominance.