• Wangui Kimari

The Kenyan government’s reaction to the present moment of necessary generational disobedience resembles the way colonial regimes used to respond to the question of the “detribalized native.”

• Cindy Kasanga

Although increasingly celebrated as an asset, Africa’s youth remain locked out of power and decent work.

• Omar Kabbadj

As Morocco prepares to host AFCON and the 2030 World Cup, a decentralized youth movement is demanding real investment in public services over sporting spectacle.

• Feyzi Ismail

On the AIAC podcast, we speak with Feyzi Ismail about Nepal’s Gen Z uprising that toppled the ruling establishment.

• Sungu Oyoo

Following two years of mass protest, Kenya stands at a crossroads. A new generation of organizers is confronting an old question: how do you turn revolt into lasting change? Sungu Oyoo joins the AIAC podcast to discuss the vision of Kenya's radical left.

• Fatou Cissé

A new Malian film takes on the tradition of forced marriage with humor, intimacy, and defiance — reimagining African cinema as both tribute and rupture.

• Kang-Chun Cheng

Long seen as a neutral player in global affairs, Zambia’s foreign policy is shifting under new pressures — from Western donors, Chinese investment, and its own strategic ambitions.

• Onesmus Karanja
• Cynthia Muthogi

Kenya’s youth are turning to theater, music, and film as tools of resistance against political injustices and systemic failures.

• Alex Tamei

Through political turmoil and broken promises, Kenyans hold fast to hope — an enduring force that fuels resilience and dreams of a brighter future.

• Kari Mugo

It's no longer just about the finance bill. Kenyans want fundamental change.

• Kari Mugo

The movement to #RejectFinanceBill2024 marks a new era in Kenyan politics after many years of discontent and political apathy.

• Rasna Warah

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

• Mishca Peters

We hardly think of children as agents of change. At the height of 1980s apartheid repression in South Africa, a group of activists did and gave them the tool of print.

• Florian Bobin

Fermée depuis juin 2023, l’université de Dakar est devenue le symbole de l’effondrement de la démocratie sénégalaise.

• Florian Bobin

Closed since June 2023, the University of Dakar has become a symbol of the collapse of Senegalese democracy.

• Oyelumade Oluwakemi

Student organizing is resurging in Nigeria. But to have any impact, students must connect with struggles beyond campus.

• Ahmed S. Ibrahim

In Somalia, poets are considered organic public intellectuals.

• Afolabi Adekaiyaoja

Young people have become an influential demographic in Nigerian politics. But are they a coherent political constituency?

• Eugénie Rokhaya Aw

In the 1970s, young left-wing activists fought clandestinely for Senegal’s democratization under Senghor’s brutal regime.

• Franklin Nossiter

Although Senegal’s protests are riven with contradictions, they testify to its people’s willingness to defend their democratic rights and freedoms.