Cameroon is Cameroon
A mix of factors - language, regional, sexism, an opposition that has been co-opted by the ruling party and repression - prevents real, meaningful change in Cameroon.
Journalism
Jonathan Jansen’s Burden
A profile of Jansen, vice chancellor of Free State University, on a leading online media outlet in South Africa, says more about the problem with liberalism in South Africa.
The American Right’s problem with Kenya
How did Kenya and Kenyans get their reputations in US politics, particularly among U.S.. rightwingers, as anti-American?
‘The Worst Place To Be Gay’
Homosexuality can get you beheaded in Saudi Arabia and there are several other places with similar policies. But, Uganda’s pretty bad.
Libya’s Race Problem
Colonel Gaddafi's alleged use of "black mercenaries," has put the question of race in Libya's revolution front and center.
The Smiling Faces of Young Africans
When ‘culture’ looks like poverty and poverty ‘looks like culture' any questions about the structural and geopolitical causes of poverty are easily muted.
Luanda is Expensive
Those who pay the highest price for the high cost of living in the Angolan capital are not expatriates, but Angolans.
Tit for Tat
As the dominant narrative about Paul Kagame began to change, some Western journalists failed to catch up. They get mad when that's pointed out.
Deafening Silence
Why the deafening silence from African artists and musicians following the murder of gay activist David Kato?
People who have lost the habit of ruling themselves
Africans are like the man in the Igbo proverb who does not know where the rain began to beat him and so cannot say where he dried his body.