Discours de Ouaga
Should Africans care for French President Emmanuel Macron's "Africa Speech" in Ouagadougou?
Donald Trump
Populism as politics in Southern Africa
In Southern Africa, former liberation movements reclaim ownership over history and society not by seeking but by remaining in power.
War begets terror
Since the beginning of 2017, the frequency and lethalness of al-Shabaab’s attacks inside Somalia have reached
Defend Puerto Rico
This weekend's music break is dedicated to the isla del encancto.
Gag rules and global partnerships
Over the past fifteen years, global health has emerged as one of the most prominent faces of American influence in Africa.
The liberating power of transgressive film genres
Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' should be seen as part of the Afrofuturism genre, which offers physical and mental liberation through supernatural or non-realistic means.
The Leader Whose Time has Come
Jeremy Corbyn has led Britain's Labour Party since 2015. There is no one else in British politics remotely like Corbyn.
The danger of a single author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2013 novel, 'Americanah,' was the 2017 choice for the “One Book, One New York” campaign. Is the campaign necessarily a good thing?
Smashing patriarchy, one hip hop cypher at a time
'Words of a Rebel Sistah' wants to create a counter-culture in which women are liberated and all forms of oppression are eradicated.
Weekend Special, No. 1211
(1) Identity politics is neoliberalism, as Adolph Reed once said. And it delivers like clockwork. The hip hop
We are all Helen Zille
Or, why the West thinks that colonialism was not all bad.
The Border Crossing
The unwelcome atmosphere for refugees from Africa in the United States, result in some of them risking their lives to get to neighboring Canada.
Making Somalia great again
Xenophobia has emerged as a rare consistent and core aspect of President Trump’s foreign policy, directed
Repackaging Third Way liberalism
Vox's glossy presentations, crisp design and slick animations serve neoliberalism easily digestible to younger people and conducive to social media shares.
Weekend Music Break No.105 – Songs from banned countries: Somalia edition
For this weekend’s music break, we’ll have a second edition of “Songs from banned countries.” This
Weekend Music Break No.104 – Songs from banned countries: Sudan edition
We’re returning to the older format of Weekend Music Break (a series of embeds rather than
If they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night
The need for vigilance and sustained, principled resistance under the new regime of U.S. President, Donald Trump.
Europe’s refugee colonialism
EU countries outsource their “migration problem” to mostly authoritarian or unstable regimes. 24 African countries already receive funding to “stem migration.”
Winter In America Edition
Music Break Number 102 goes out to our American family, set to face four years of struggle against a new set of rulers.
The long short history of Angola-Israel relations
Hostile at first, in the wake of the Cold War, Israel-Angolan relations have morphed into a friendly and lucrative bond.