This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:13:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/ 32 32 67616479 Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/abdullah-ibrahim-in-the-1960s-how-the-famous-pianist-began-to-shape-an-african-jazz-sound/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/abdullah-ibrahim-in-the-1960s-how-the-famous-pianist-began-to-shape-an-african-jazz-sound/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:13:39 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574182 In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/abdullah-ibrahim-in-the-1960s-how-the-famous-pianist-began-to-shape-an-african-jazz-sound/feed/ 0 574182 Ceasefire but not a grand bargain between the United States and Iran https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ceasefire-but-not-a-grand-bargain-between-the-united-states-and-iran/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ceasefire-but-not-a-grand-bargain-between-the-united-states-and-iran/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:46:48 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574178 Born of exhaustion rather than peace, the new U.S.–Iran Memorandum of Understanding marks a pivotal shift in West Asian politics. Despite unleashing overwhelming military force to cripple Tehran, Washington and Tel Aviv failed to trigger regime change. Battered but standing, a surviving Iran has parleyed its geographic leverage into a provisional truce, proving that destruction cannot dictate political submission.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ceasefire-but-not-a-grand-bargain-between-the-united-states-and-iran/feed/ 0 574178 Did Kenya’s Gen Z protests achieve anything? An economist weighs up what’s changed and what’s stayed the same https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/did-kenyas-gen-z-protests-achieve-anything/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/did-kenyas-gen-z-protests-achieve-anything/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:25:50 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574175 State spending has remained high despite public demands for greater fiscal discipline.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/did-kenyas-gen-z-protests-achieve-anything/feed/ 0 574175 The Big Thursday Briefing: The constitution of code: A Geosociotechnopolitical perspective on digital constitutionalism in Africa https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/a-geosociotechnopolitical-perspective-on-digital-constitutionalism-in-africa/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/a-geosociotechnopolitical-perspective-on-digital-constitutionalism-in-africa/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:41:59 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574169 Why sovereignty, artificial intelligence, and digital governance must become constitutional questions.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/a-geosociotechnopolitical-perspective-on-digital-constitutionalism-in-africa/feed/ 0 574169 The 1953 original sin: How a coup in Iran engineered 70 years of global resource wars https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-1953-original-sin-how-a-coup-in-iran-engineered-70-years-of-global-resource-wars/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-1953-original-sin-how-a-coup-in-iran-engineered-70-years-of-global-resource-wars/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:42:18 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574164 The geopolitical crises of 2026—from the devastating US-Israeli war on Iran to the conflict in Ukraine and Africa’s scramble for critical minerals—are not isolated events. Instead, they are the direct blowback of a single historical pivot point: the 1953 Western-backed overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.

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