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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 Sport2 months 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 Society2 months ago

    Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

    Beyond the Hits: How to Build Africa’s Sound as a Business
    Raila Odinga.
    Politics and Society2 months 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 Sport2 months 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 Society3 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 Society4 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
    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
    Pumpjack located south of Midland, Texas.
    Politics and Society2 years ago

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