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      Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

      A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran

      NoViolet Bulawayo has won the 2025 Best of Caine Award. David Levenson/Getty Images
      Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

      NoViolet Bulawayo wins the best of 25 years of the Caine Prize. Why she deserves it

      Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Michael Jamson/AFP via Getty Image
      Politics and Society1 month ago

      Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests

      Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

      Beyond the Hits: How to Build Africa’s Sound as a Business

      Raila Odinga.
      Politics and Society1 month ago

      Raila Odinga mastered the art of political compromise for the good of Kenya

      Grammy award winning international music artist Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy performing in Harare
      Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

      Africa’s Sound Is Global — But Where’s the Money?

      Kenyans protest unjust taxation
      Politics and Society2 months ago

      “UTU” as the New–Old Political Philosophy

      Politics and Society2 months ago

      Raila Amolo Odinga

      African woman
      Politics and Society2 months ago

      All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors

      Nairobi protests
      Politics and Society3 months ago

      The failure of centralized power across the planet is upon us

      The results of a Bushman patrol: a postcard shows German soldiers posing with captured Indigenous people. Courtesy Robert J. Gordon
      Politics and Society3 months ago

      Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule

      Politics and Society3 months ago

      A year later, Africa’s Gen Z uprising is only more emboldened

      Politics and Society3 months ago

      Leadership Beyond Politicians, Politricks and Popularity Contests: Building a Future of Abundance Through UTU Principles

      Politics and Society4 months ago

      Understanding Constructivist Pan-Africanism

      Africans rising5 months ago

      The Mask is Off. Why Kenyan #GenZs are Rising Against a Regime Stuck in its Colonial Past

      Politics and Society5 months ago

      The silence that dictatorship taught us

      Politics and Society5 months ago

      Kenya’s Constitution under siege: A decade of efforts to centralise power

      Politics and Society5 months ago

      Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place?

      Politics and Society5 months ago

      Reelecting William Samoei Ruto

      Politics and Society6 months ago

      Kenya’s police still kill with impunity – what needs to be done to stop them

      African identities3 years ago

      Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent

      The annual gay pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2014.
      African identities2 years ago

      US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally

      LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
      African identities3 years ago

      LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

      Africans rising2 years ago

      Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office

      Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
      Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago

      Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

      Paul Kagame smiling
      Politics and Society3 years ago

      Paul Kagame could be president of Rwanda until 2035 – what’s behind his staying power

      Abdulahi Bilah is a human rights activist and part of the Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MSA)
      Africans rising2 years ago

      In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah

      The art in this dossier is based on still frames from the music video ‘IMF’ by Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 (Knitting Factory Records) featuring Dead Prez’s M1, directed by Jerome Bernard and produced by Duck Factory.
      Politics and Society3 years ago

      Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives

      A Ugandan soldier of 341 Battalion serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) holds a rocket-propelled grenade at sunrise 30 April 2012.
      Africans rising2 years ago

      Africans Rising statement on Niger coup

      Mary Mwaba spotlights how the evolution of social movements might be the key to this long-awaited ambition
      Africans rising2 years ago

      “Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba

      Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
      Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

      Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York

      Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban.
      Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago

      Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption

      Africans rising2 years ago

      Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers

      Pan Africanism mural in Tanzania. Photo: Michael Branz/ CC BY 2.0
      Politics and Society2 years ago

      Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa

      Politics and Society2 years ago

      In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy

      Africans rising3 years ago

      Interview | “Remove visa requirement for Africans travelling within Africa” —Africans Rising Coordinator Hardi Yakubu (Part 2)

      Muhoozi Kainerugaba,
      Politics and Society2 years ago

      Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax

      David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review
      Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

      David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review

      Paradzai Mesi on set
      Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago

      The Njerama Files – Interview with Paradzai Mesi (Part 1)

      William Ruto of the United Democratic Alliance and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua.
      Politics and Society3 years ago

      Maandamano and the state of Kenyan public life