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    Politics and Society1 day ago

    How African policymakers should prepare for the coming commodity boom
    African identities4 weeks ago

    Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself
    Pumpjack located south of Midland, Texas.
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026
    Arts, Culture and Sport3 months 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 Sport4 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 Society4 months ago

    Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests
    Arts, Culture and Sport4 months ago

    Beyond the Hits: How to Build Africa’s Sound as a Business
    Raila Odinga.
    Politics and Society4 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 Sport4 months ago

    Africa’s Sound Is Global — But Where’s the Money?
    Kenyans protest unjust taxation
    Politics and Society4 months ago

    “UTU” as the New–Old Political Philosophy
    Politics and Society4 months ago

    Raila Amolo Odinga
    African woman
    Politics and Society5 months ago

    All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors
    Nairobi protests
    Politics and Society5 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 Society5 months ago

    Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule
    Politics and Society5 months ago

    A year later, Africa’s Gen Z uprising is only more emboldened
    Politics and Society6 months ago

    Leadership Beyond Politicians, Politricks and Popularity Contests: Building a Future of Abundance Through UTU Principles
    Politics and Society6 months ago

    Understanding Constructivist Pan-Africanism
    Africans rising7 months ago

    The Mask is Off. Why Kenyan #GenZs are Rising Against a Regime Stuck in its Colonial Past
    Politics and Society7 months ago

    The silence that dictatorship taught us
    Politics and Society7 months ago

    Kenya’s Constitution under siege: A decade of efforts to centralise power

    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
    Africans rising2 years ago

    Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office
    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 rising3 years ago

    Africans Rising statement on Niger coup
    Abdulahi Bilah is a human rights activist and part of the Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MSA)
    Africans rising3 years ago

    In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah
    Mary Mwaba spotlights how the evolution of social movements might be the key to this long-awaited ambition
    Africans rising3 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
    Africans rising3 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
    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
    Pumpjack located south of Midland, Texas.
    Politics and Society2 years ago

    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
    Politics and Society3 years ago

    South Africa’s pact with Russia – and its actions – cast doubt on its claims of non-alignment
    Politics and Society2 years ago

    OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict
    Andrew Chatora is an award-winning Zimbabwean author and noted exponent of the African diaspora novel.
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

    Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora
    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
    Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni
    Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago

    Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni
    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