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Nyashadzashe Chikumbu

Nyashadzashe Chikumbu is a journalist, editor and cultural critic. He is also the Associate Editor of Mukana Press. A recipient of the 2023 Ignite Youth Award in Creativity, he is widely published and a respected book critic.

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Arts, Culture and Sport3 days ago

Syndicated Loverboy – Oliver Mtukudzi in Kwekwe
Arts, Culture and Sport3 days ago

Senegal’s female rappers aren’t letting obstacles get in their way – who the rising voices are
Arts, Culture and Sport3 days ago

Zimbabwean writer, Andrew Chatora lauded in Uganda
Arts, Culture and Sport1 week ago

Wretched of the Earth has been translated into South Africa’s Zulu language – why Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary book still matters
Politics and Society1 week ago

Africans Rising Decry the Muting of Democracy in Ghana
Arts, Culture and Sport2 weeks ago

The Unstoppable March Of The Human Condition: A Review of Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories
Politics and Society2 weeks ago

Kumi Naidoo appointed President of Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, set to help lead global movement to phase out fossil fuels
Boniface Mwangi
Politics and Society4 weeks ago

I refuse to die in vain
Politics and Society4 weeks ago

AAMA 2024 Champions African Solidarity, Advocates for Free Movement and Human Rights Activism
Politics and Society4 weeks ago

Africa Bitcoin Conference Returns For The Third Edition
protests
Politics and Society2 months ago

What Kenyan protests tell us about economic management and the politics of reforms in African states
Politics and Society2 months ago

2024 All-African Movement Assembly Accra-Ghana
Politics and Society2 months ago

Kenya’s government has a blueprint for digital tyranny. It is working – for now
Politics and Society2 months ago

OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict
Politics and Society3 months ago

Kenyan Protests, Part Three: Thoughts on potential pathways forward
Politics and Society3 months ago

Kenyan Protests, Part Two: How not to clean up a fiscal mess
#OccupyParliament Protests Against Kenya’s Finance Bill
Politics and Society3 months ago

Kenyan Protests, Part One: The political education of President William Ruto
hiv
Politics and Society3 months ago

HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection
Politics and Society3 months ago

Kenyan police use excessive force because they’re serving political elites, not the public – policy analyst
Politics and Society3 months ago

#Africans4Kenya: 400 African and Diaspora CSOs hold Ruto responsible for killings and abductions of protesters

Politics and Society2 years ago

Benin’s 30m ‘Amazon’ statue honours the women warriors of Dahomey
A person reading the bible
African identities2 years ago

What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe
Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

Women behind the decks: The rise of South Africa’s female Amapiano DJs
Scholar-activist W.E.B. DuBois in 1946.
African identities2 years ago

W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies
Lifestyle3 years ago

South Africa approves the use of the Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention
Politics and Society2 years ago

Saudi Arabia is a modern slave hub and graveyard for African migrant workers
LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
African identities2 years ago

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
The annual gay pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2014.
African identities1 year ago

US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally
African identities1 year ago

Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent
Politics and Society2 years ago

Alliance High School appoints new head — the smooth transition marks a new dawn
Africans rising1 year ago

Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office
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 Society2 years ago

Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives
Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
Politics and Society2 years ago

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban.
Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption
Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
Politics and Society2 years ago

Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
William Ruto of the United Democratic Alliance and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua.
Politics and Society1 year ago

Maandamano and the state of Kenyan public life
Africans rising1 year ago

Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers
Nigerian super artist Tems (Temilade Openiyi) 
Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

Nigeria and South Africa triumph at the 2023 Grammys
Joe Biden is meeting African leaders - why free trade is a major talking point
Politics and Society2 years ago

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point