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Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself

The artificial borders separating African people are part of the most enduring legacies of colonialism in Africa. The vision of...

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African identities3 weeks ago

Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself
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Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026
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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
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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
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Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests
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Beyond the Hits: How to Build Africa’s Sound as a Business
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Raila Odinga mastered the art of political compromise for the good of Kenya
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Africa’s Sound Is Global — But Where’s the Money?
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“UTU” as the New–Old Political Philosophy
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Raila Amolo Odinga
African woman
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All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors
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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
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Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule
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A year later, Africa’s Gen Z uprising is only more emboldened
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Understanding Constructivist Pan-Africanism
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The Mask is Off. Why Kenyan #GenZs are Rising Against a Regime Stuck in its Colonial Past
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The silence that dictatorship taught us
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Kenya’s Constitution under siege: A decade of efforts to centralise power
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Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place?

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 identities3 years ago

US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally
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Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office
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In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah
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.
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Africans Rising statement on Niger coup
Mary Mwaba spotlights how the evolution of social movements might be the key to this long-awaited ambition
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Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
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Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
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Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers
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Interview | “Remove visa requirement for Africans travelling within Africa” —Africans Rising Coordinator Hardi Yakubu (Part 2)
Pan Africanism mural in Tanzania. Photo: Michael Branz/ CC BY 2.0
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Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa
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In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy
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Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax
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David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review
Justice Yvonne Mokgoro: South Africa’s trailblazing defender of justice, human dignity and the constitution
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Justice Yvonne Mokgoro: South Africa’s trailblazing defender of justice, human dignity and the constitution
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Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit
President Vladimir Putin, left, and President Cyril Ramaphosa in Sochi, Russia, in 2019. Sergei Chirikov/P
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South Africa’s pact with Russia – and its actions – cast doubt on its claims of non-alignment
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OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict
Nelson Mandela revisiting his cell at Robben Island prison. The image was sold to support his charitable causes. Louise Gubb/Corbis via Getty Images
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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
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The Africa Club launched to strengthen the continent’s financial muscle
Andrew Chatora is an award-winning Zimbabwean author and noted exponent of the African diaspora novel.
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Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora