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      Politics and Society6 days ago

      Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of South Africa’s economic crisis

      Arts, Culture and Sport6 days ago

      Power, pleasure and patriarchy: why The Polygamist on Netflix is captivating viewers

      Arts, Culture and Sport6 days ago

      The contemporary African writer and the burden of history

      Politics and Society7 days ago

      South Africa forgetting Biko: Retaining an inferiority complex

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      IMF’s economic terrorism: Structural adjustment, “Capitalogenic” disease, and the fight to hold the World Bank accountable

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      Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound

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      Ceasefire but not a grand bargain between the United States and Iran

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      Did Kenya’s Gen Z protests achieve anything? An economist weighs up what’s changed and what’s stayed the same

      Politics and Society3 weeks ago

      The Big Thursday Briefing: The constitution of code: A Geosociotechnopolitical perspective on digital constitutionalism in Africa

      Politics and Society3 weeks ago

      The 1953 original sin: How a coup in Iran engineered 70 years of global resource wars

      The new rush for lithium in Africa risks fueling corruption and harming local communities and the environment
      Politics and Society3 weeks ago

      Lithium Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A new mineral rush spearheaded by the United States, Europe, and other major powers

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      Kenya’s protests against the Ebola Quarantine Facility are as much about the economy as they are about sovereignty

      Arts, Culture and Sport3 weeks ago

      Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa

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      The FIFA 2026 World Cup and its complicity in a changing global World Order

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      The architecture of extraction: From colonial famine to the mortgaged Kenyan pay slip

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      The Thursday Briefing: From “Zhing Zhong” to Technomultipolarity: Geosociotechnopolitics and the future of China–Africa ICT relations

      Politics and Society3 weeks ago

      South Africa’s anti‑migrant campaigns use the language of democracy: why that’s dangerous

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      Anti‑foreigner violence in South Africa is easily sparked: what hasn’t been done to deal with it

      Arts, Culture and Sport3 weeks ago

      World Cup 2026: the real story of the resilient African migrants reshaping global football

      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

      Politics and Society2 years ago

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

      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

      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

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      Politics and Society2 years ago

      Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax

      Andrew Chatora is an award-winning Zimbabwean author and noted exponent of the African diaspora novel.
      Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

      Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora

      Africans rising2 years ago

      Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024

      Politics and Society2 years ago

      OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict

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      Politics and Society2 years ago

      Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit

      Climate activists holding a demonstration holding placards. One placard reads "Climate Justice for All"
      Politics and Society2 years ago

      Climate finance for the Global North and climate reparations for the Global South

      Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

      Remembering an African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o —10 quotes: Part 1

      Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

      Andrew Chatora on the faultlines of nation-building

      Politics and Society2 years ago

      Opinion — Pan-Africanist and global development expert Brian Kagoro reiterates longstanding opposition to ZIDERA

      Nelson Mandela revisiting his cell at Robben Island prison. The image was sold to support his charitable causes. Louise Gubb/Corbis via Getty Images
      Politics and Society2 years ago

      Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake

      Flags of various African countries
      Politics and Society2 years ago

      The Africa Club launched to strengthen the continent’s financial muscle

      Politics and Society2 years ago

      UNEA-6: Fossil fuels drive both the Plastics and Climate Crises and need an International Framework to phase them out

      Herbert Mensah
      Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

      African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance

      Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

      Colonial statues in Africa have been removed, returned and torn down again – why it’s such a complex history

      Politics and Society2 years ago

      Africans Rising Borderless Africa Convening: The Lusaka Communiqué

      Pope Francis died on 25 April 2025. Flickr
      African identities1 year ago

      Reform or retreat? The Catholic church in Africa after Pope Francis