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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
Raila Odinga.
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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
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Africa’s Sound Is Global — But Where’s the Money?
Kenyans protest unjust taxation
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“UTU” as the New–Old Political Philosophy
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All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors
Nairobi protests
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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 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?
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Reelecting William Samoei Ruto
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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.
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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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LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
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Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office
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Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
Paul Kagame smiling
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Paul Kagame could be president of Rwanda until 2035 – what’s behind his staying power
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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.
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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.
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Africans Rising statement on Niger coup
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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.
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Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption
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Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers
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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Interview | “Remove visa requirement for Africans travelling within Africa” —Africans Rising Coordinator Hardi Yakubu (Part 2)
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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
Paradzai Mesi on set
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The Njerama Files – Interview with Paradzai Mesi (Part 1)
William Ruto of the United Democratic Alliance and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua.
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Maandamano and the state of Kenyan public life