
Attitudes towards Kwame Nkrumah have shifted from veneration to confrontation and destruction and, finally, to more subtle forms of remembrance.














Africa accounts for nearly 27% of the World Trade Organisation's membership and 35% of members from developing countries, but an African has never run it.

Artists are filling the state's silence by revisiting history so that it can be discussed.

Nigerian writer Kemi Falodun recently launched the Police Brutality in Nigeria Project (POBIN), an initiative to archive and keep alive the memories of Nigerian citizens who...

Mkapa, who penned an autobiography, had an impressive record in building state institutions. But his reign was marked by killings and political suppression.

Mkapa’s presidency is particularly significant since it represents the first phase of Tanzanian multi-party democracy.

But even with Bernard Membe as its candidate, the Tanzanian opposition would face an uphill task.

Although a commited veteran of the ANC, Mlangeni was no party apparatchik. He was outspoken against endemic corruption in government.

Sexist slandering has been used not just to describe Grace Mugabe, but to denigrate any women who aspire to political positions.

The uncertainty generated by COVID-19 has continued to increase the levels of depression, stress and anxiety of young people and the disease is having a direct...

The value of women to political tickets in Ghana is being recognised as more women are contesting elections at various levels.