• Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda

The little-known history of Iranian cinema uncovers its overlooked history of slavery and anti-blackness.

• Yahya Sseremba

Zionism is an extreme, but by no means exceptional, manifestation of the divisive logic of the nation-state.

• Hafawa Rebhi

A new book shows how Europe is using the energy transition to exploit and under-develop the Arab world.

• Jörg Wiegratz
• J. Simon Rofe

Sports on the continent are being commercialized at a rapid rate. What’s driving it?

• Daniel Hammett
• Laura S. Martin
• Izuu Nwankwọ

What is the relationship between humor and politics in Africa?

• Maher Mezahi

The African Five-a side podcast continues to explore the stories of five African heads of state and their influence on football. This week, we introduce our striker.

• Maher Mezahi

This week on the African Five-a-side podcast, we take a look at the kick off of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

• Khalid Albaih

As the slaughter continues unabated in Gaza, it is abundantly clear that both the present and history are often written by the victors.

• Rasna Warah

Israel’s assault on Gaza has shown, once again, that the UN Security Council is ineffective when it comes to preventing wars and protecting the human rights of all people.

• Steven W. Thomas

It would seem that Hollywood has discovered Africa again. But how does all the new American content about Africa’s past compare to a previous generation of African-made movies on the same topic?

• Enver Motala

Israel’s impugnity in Gaza and the West Bank is enabled not only by its backers in the West, but by the widespread indifference of large parts of society.

• Welcome Mandla Lishivha

Telling one's story as a black queer person isn't yet the luxury it is chalked out to be, especially when it remains dangerous to be queer in the world.

• Bruno Huberman
• Sabrina Fernandes

Imagining and demanding the decolonization of Palestine means acting to decolonize all the colonial states in the world, from Brazil to Australia, including the USA and Chile.

• Panashe Chigumadzi

If slavery is the material and metaphysical womb of the modern world, reparations will require nothing less than the end of this world.

• Mukoma wa Ngugi

American universities are trying to silence anyone who speaks up against Israel’s occupation and bombardment of Gaza.

• Ray Bush

Post-Colonialisms Today provides an antidote to Western-centric analysis of Africa in a special issue of 'Africa Development.'

• Maher Mezahi

Africa Is a Country is proud to introduce a new podcast focused on the politics and cultural relevance of football on the African continent.

• Fatimah Kelleher

The Knowledge Portal of the Nawi Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective is a digital apex platform that collates and curates African women’s knowledge resources on the economy.

• Mohammed Jameel Abdulla

The tragedy of settler-colonialism.

• William Shoki
• Bruce Baigrie

The horrific violence against civilians, both Palestinian and Israeli, are overwhelmingly the product of Israel’s occupation and siege. But we can and must condemn all of it, while steadfastly opposing Israeli apartheid.