• Kechi Nomu

In Nigeria, survivors of sexual violence and workplace sexual harassment know that facts are not enough.

• Esther Mirembe

To say we are "allies" would be to delude ourselves into thinking that some of us are safe. We are not safe.

• Anonymous

The statistics and scenes of violence against black immigrants in South Africa are horrible. A young Cameroonian student in South Africa writes about what it is like to live under such insecurity.

• Paul T. Clarke

Can policing deliver justice in South Africa? The short answer to that question has been, decidedly, no.

• moshood

A movement of young feminists are fighting back against patriarchy and rape culture in Afropop music in Ghana.

• Suraiya Zubair Banu

A guide on how to support the uprising in Sudan.

• Kangsen Feka Wakai

Cameroon claims to be a democracy. Then why are even moderates like Maurice Kamto in jail?

• Zahra Moloo

Judi Rever's account of the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath challenges the official narrative.

• Panashe Chigumadzi

On writers, empathy and (black) solidarity politics.

• Gregory Mann

Mali can't guarantee its citizens that it will protect them.

• Seun Babalola

I have the privilege to fight, argue or board a plane when I feel like I've had enough. The vast majority of women on the continent do not have that option.

• Kammila Naidoo

The family is the site of extremely violent incidents in South African society—particularly involving women and children. What can the state do?

• Melchisedek Chétima
• Scott MacEachern
• Walter van Beek

Why do people on the border between Nigeria and northern Cameroon refer to Boko Haram as slave holders?

• Charlotte Mertens
• Ann Laudati

On the emergence and political work of the rape-resources narrative in the eastern DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

• Maxine Rubin

Can transitional justice initiatives achieve their ambitious agenda of combatting gender based violence?

• David Edwards

The privatizing and deregulating education in Liberia as much as white saviorism should take the blame for the sexual violence under an NGO's watch.

• Vanessa Burger

President Jacob Zuma oversaw a rise in political violence across all sectors of South African society.

• Cormac Smith

Do online movements such as #MeToo #HerToo and #TimesUp do enough to address the experiences of all victims of sexual violence?

• Boima Tucker

Black Panther arrives as black America diversifies, but the US becomes more isolationist. It's not beyond many African Americans to reflect nativist tendencies.

• Haythem Guesmi

Racism against its black citizens permeates the social, institutional, and political strata of Tunisia.