The meaning of February 11, 1990
A veteran anti-apartheid figure writes about the day Nelson Mandela--after 27 years--was released from prison.
Politics
What’s wrong with abortion
The war on women’s health in the United States is a war without borders. It also extends to attempts in Africa to legalize abortion. And the US Republican party and its auxiliaries are in front.
The Two Sudans
On July 6 2011, the world’s diplomatic elite flocked to one of the globe’s most underdeveloped
Angolan Solutions
Rafael Marques de Morais, despite being labeled a foreign agent by the Angolan state, has always insisted that Angolans need to resolve their own problems.
Benetton Politics
The made-upness and the shallowness of the Democratic Alliance of South Africa's vision of a non-racial future.
The CIA’s Charles Taylor Revelation
Recent revelations, which have always been suspected, have strengthened the United States’ role in the Liberian
Benetton Politics
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance, usually very slick and media savvy, have really outdone themselves with a
Dissatisfied young people
Chika Unigwe has been at the forefront of solidarity efforts in support of the #OccupyNigeria protests. Tom Devriendt spoke to her.
Photographing Liberia
The latest entrant to our series where we ask photographers to talk to us about their five favorite images, is Glenna Gordon.
The West is no longer the motor of history
The possibility of a new politics emerging from the new left social movements to reconfigure the nation state.
The Mbalax President
The legendary Senegalese singer is running for president. Not everyone takes him seriously.
The Hall of Shame
We couldn't resist including a post with some of the lowlights of 2011.
The Year of the Woman
2011 was the year of pro-democracy movements and they were largely pushed and pulled by women.
The Year of Frantz Fanon
What gives Fanon's thinking its force and power is the air of indestructibility and the inexhaustible silo of humanity which it houses, argues Achille Mbembe.
Health care for all
The health news - with major implications for Africans living on the continent - that made the headlines in 2011.
Dances with Samburu
The Samburu of northern Kenya are pastoralists, and they are under attack. According to Survival International,
Helen Zille’s ‘AIDS Gestapo’
The leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance makes offensive remarks about AIDS, then smears her critics, AIDS activists and journalists, as Nazis.
Nigeria's Prophet
By now you’ve probably watched the (British) Channel 4 TV documentary film about Nigeria’s millionaire preachers–the
Swazi Bull
Politics, repression, religion, exile, tradition and mysticism in Swaziland, Southern Africa's last absolute monarchy.
The ‘safest option’ in Congo
For all the huffing and puffing in the West about the DRC’s cooked elections — President