• Christina Wong

In Mauritius, social media memes and leaks exposed corruption, galvanized youth, and reshaped the nation’s political landscape.

• Ahmed Kaballo

On the deplatforming of 'African Stream.'

• Khanya Mtshali

Nicknamed the “Candace Owens of South Africa,” Siphesihle Nxokwana is an anti-feminist influencer playing to crowds already on her side.

• Naila Aroni

Digital activism is playing a significant role in amplifying the impact of the #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #RutoMustGo protests, but how effective can it ultimately be?

• Khanya Mtshali

The theft dispute between Onezwa Mbola and Nara Smith reveals the consumerist undertones behind content for women in the online creative economy.

• Rasna Warah

Kenyan youth are leading popular protests against regressive tax reforms that will worsen the country’s worsening cost of living crisis.

• Ruth Mudingayi

While social media has amplified calls for social justice in long-ignored parts of the world, it should only be the beginning of our activism.

• William Shoki

Between the Grammys and AFCON semi-final, it's been a big week for the rivalry between Nigeria and South Africa.

• Israel Campos

Faced with many crises, including unemployment and a rising cost of living, Angolans are turning to memes to express their political discontent.

• Israel Campos

Is a Facebook-led social media movement enough to change a country? The case of Angola.

• Désọ́lá

For black women in particular, the individual pursuit of a soft, consumption-driven life is a fragile approach to securing social justice.

• Razan Idris

The notion that black people were kings in Ancient Egypt is generating a social media backlash. Understanding the racialized legacy of Egyptology can explain why.

• Désọ́lá

The "follow-back" economy of Nigerian Twitter represents a struggle for recognition in a vastly unequal and status-obsessed society.

• William Shoki

Whether or not Twitter survives should be irrelevant to those committed to building a democratic public sphere.

• Jill E. Kelly
• Jabulani Sithole

New Zulu king Misuzulu's strategy for ensuring the relevance of his monarchy copies from the Windsors in Britain: use the media.

• Jane Duncan

Facebook and its “family” of services are a one-way street towards greater integration, data exploitation, and erosions of privacy by an increasingly monopolistic company.

• Vik Sohonie

During the COVID-19 pandemic many people who work online were able to set up shop in lands far away from their pre-pandemic homes. But, for whom is the digital nomad lifestyle?

• 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.

• Paul T. Clarke

What might the fascination in displaying and seeing the body of “the criminal” tell us about South Africa today?

• William Shoki

A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible.