Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist and cultural critic Andrew Chatora has entered a new chapter in his literary life, not by stepping...
Many South Africans have a strong personal relationship with Nelson Mandela. The planned auction felt like a transgression of the...
Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is close to Zimbabwe’s president and his inner circle, leveraged his privileged access to fuel and mining markets to strike a lucrative partnership...
On October 14 and 15, Hivos’ African Crossroads will organize its fourth edition. The theme of this year's gathering is ECOEXISTENCE. At the end of Crossroads...
WHO’s safeguarding failure in the DRC has re-focused attention on the sexual misconduct that surfaces with disgraceful regularity in humanitarian, development, and peacekeeping operations worldwide.
Criminalising suicide directs resources towards punishment which has no significant deterrent effect.
This is Africa spoke to Sada Malumfashi, the director of the Hausa International Book and Arts Festival (HIBAF) which will be hosting its first edition around...
The power in Gurnah’s writing lies in his ability to complicate the Manichean divisions of enemies and friends.
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s stories suggest that it is important to see others in relation to ourselves, to perceive their right of abode even if they cannot claim...
For this year’s African Crossroads edition we asked versatile and diverse DJs from the continent to submit their take on Climate Justice in Africa through a...
This Is Africa spoke to Cameroonian climate justice activist and development architect Emily Miki about the co-creation of adaptation solutions, public participation, and climate-specific capacity building.
Rawlings was a polarising figure, a person who led two coups in Ghana before twice being elected president in multiparty polls.
