Connect with us
The Conversation Africa

The Conversation

The Conversation Africa is an independent source of news and views from the academic and research community, delivered direct to the public.
Politics and Society1 day ago

Fortress South Africa – open to the highest bidder

Politics and Society1 day ago

Kwame Nkrumah: memorials to the man who led Ghana to independence have been built, erased and revived again

Africans rising2 weeks ago

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

Yoweri Museveni:
Politics and Society2 weeks ago

Yoweri Museveni: ageing Uganda president rides on the memory of his past heroics

Politics and Society2 weeks ago

If We Must Win: A Love Letter to My Little Brother

Politics and Society2 months ago

Thulani Maseko’s absence weakens Eswatini’s struggle for democracy

Politics and Society2 months ago

Putting the recent coups in the Sahel in broader perspective

Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s new novel is a modern Nigerian tragedy about the rich and the poor

Politics and Society2 months ago

Zimbabwe heads to the polls amid high inflation, a slumping currency and a cost of living crisis

Letter to President Ruto - Make Africa Climate Summit African
Politics and Society2 months ago

Letter to President Ruto – Make Africa Climate Summit African

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni
Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

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

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 months ago

Africans Rising statement on Niger coup

Politics and Society2 months ago

Route to reparations yet to make any headway

Abdulahi Bilah is a human rights activist and part of the Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MSA)
Africans rising2 months ago

In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah

Politics and Society2 months ago

Zimbabwe heads for yet another disputed election

Africa at the Women’s World Cup football: Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia could cause upsets
Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

Africa at the Women’s World Cup football: Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia could cause upsets

Thandi Galleta of Malawi (right) and Karin Burger of New Zealand in a 2023 World Cup warm up match in Cape Town
Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

Africa at the Netball World Cup: four teams are set to inspire the continent

Mary Mwaba spotlights how the evolution of social movements might be the key to this long-awaited ambition
Africans rising2 months ago

“Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba

There is never going to be a final assessment of Mandela’s legacy. How it is regarded will continue to change, depending on the destination South Africa travels to.
Politics and Society3 months ago

Nelson Mandela’s legacy is taking a battering because of the dismal state of South Africa

Will the Russia-Africa Summit balance pageantry and politics?
Politics and Society3 months ago

Will the Russia-Africa Summit balance pageantry and politics?

Politics and Society1 year ago

Benin’s 30m ‘Amazon’ statue honours the women warriors of Dahomey

Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

The Village Pope has passed: remembering Tsepo Tshola, Lesotho’s musical giant

Politics and Society12 months ago

Saudi Arabia is a modern slave hub and graveyard for African migrant workers

Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

Women behind the decks: The rise of South Africa’s female Amapiano DJs

A person reading the bible
African identities8 months ago

What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe

Politics and Society1 year ago

Alliance High School appoints new head — the smooth transition marks a new dawn

Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
Politics and Society10 months ago

Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

Scholar-activist W.E.B. DuBois in 1946.
African identities8 months ago

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

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 Society6 months ago

Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
Politics and Society7 months ago

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation

Lifestyle2 years ago

South Africa approves the use of the Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention

Nigerian super artist Tems (Temilade Openiyi) 
Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

Nigeria and South Africa triumph at the 2023 Grammys

Cartoon: Nigeria elections 2023
Politics and Society8 months ago

Cartoon | Nigeria elections 2023

Beyoncé performs in Dubai in 2023.
Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

Beyoncé is going on a world tour. Why she shouldn’t ignore Africa

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
African identities7 months ago

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

Winky D, wearing Lionel Messi Argentina shirt
Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

Three Silences of Winky D

Dr. Chifuntu smiling
African identities8 months ago

The kinky! It’s part of me

Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban.
Arts, Culture and Sport6 months ago

Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption

Angelique Kidjo on stage in Paris in 2021.
Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

Angelique Kidjo: the diva from Benin could win a record sixth Grammy Award

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, present the redesigned banknotes in Abuja.
Politics and Society9 months ago

Nigeria’s currency redesign and withdrawal limits: questionable policy and bad timing