Taking the knee: Why it matters in post George Floyd killing for public personalities such as Denzel Washington, Lewis Hamilton, Jamie Foxx and other accomplished black celebrities, influencers and commentators to speak out against white supremacy and racial injustice.
Arts and Culture Hachalu Hundessa: charismatic musician who wasn’t afraid to champion Ethiopia’s Oromo
The outspoken singer always considered himself to be at risk, and in Ethiopia people loved him because he didn’t let that risk keep him quiet.
Politics and Society How the U.S and UK are reacting to the need for more foreign medical professionals
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how reliant the health systems of both the UK and U.S. are on foreign doctors who have most times had to battle immigration issues to meet the stringent requirements of their host countries.
Arts and Culture Netflix’s Cook Off – An authentically Zimbabwean no-budget romcom which can reinvigorate the film industry
A pulsating, multi-layered, engaging narrative, endowed with that infectious Zimbabwean sensibility, with a mix of mbira music playing in the background; interspersed with the familiar high-rise Harare buildings iconography, the dusty streets of Budiriro high density suburb, Cook Off feels authentic to the Zimbabwean experience.
Politics and Society Chakwera has his work cut out restoring democratic rule that delivers for Malawians
The success of Malawi’s democratic dispensation will be measured on the extent to which it delivers public goods – opportunities, development, accountability – for the people.
Arts and Culture Traditional beliefs inform attitudes to disability in Africa. Why it matters
It’s important to unravel how disability is understood as a step towards improving the well-being of disabled people.
Politics and Society Can Lourenço deliver at a time of crisis?
COVID-19 and plummeting oil prices are immediate crises that threaten the reform agenda of Angola’s president.
Arts and Culture Mory Kanté, Guinea’s hero, found new ways of playing the old music
His single Yeke Yeke was the first African song to pass a million in sales, but it’s meaning was best understood in Guinea, home of the griot and kora star.
Politics and Society Why history will judge Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza harshly
History will judge Nkurunziza as a man who brought unnecessary pain to a nation that had long suffered from political misrule.