Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.
Politics and Society The price for Sierra Leonean political leadership is violating and eroding the human and body autonomy rights of its women and girls
It is time to end the rampant practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is one of the world’s worst offenders for FGM – 90% of women are subjected to the practice.
Politics and Society South Africa has been warned that it faces an ‘Arab Spring’: so what are the chances?
The country is still a very different political space. It’s a noisy democracy with a free media, lots of dissenting voices, and insulting the government doesn’t carry any overt sanction.
Politics and Society Underdog Gachagua turns the tables on Karua
Kenya’s presidential running mates went head-to-head on July 19, 2022. Azimio’s Martha Karua was an easy favourite to dominate the Deputy Presidential debate but Kenya Kwanza’s Rigathi Gachagua caught her flat-footed. Styling herself as a champion and chief crusader of fighting corruption, Karua didn’t convincingly persuade Kenyans on many issues, including how an Azimio government would deal with the runaway vice.
Politics and Society Social media can change actions that drive gender-based violence
What we say and where we say it matters for preventing discrimination, and social media is now a priority.
Politics and Society Why Russia is on a charm offensive in Africa. The reasons aren’t pretty
Russia is trying to normalise an international order where might makes right. And democracy and respect for human rights are optional.
Arts, Culture and Sport Sungura cyberture – Mark Ngwazi on a mission to broaden Zimbabwe’s biggest music genre
Mark Ngwazi inherited a Sungura songbook which depended a little too much on folk wisdom and flat moralising. Humour, wordplay and counterintuitive observation could be Ngwazi’s strongest points but his charisma provides the binding virtue to the songs he is building from memes, jokes and wisecracks. Six albums in, his outdoor church is only growing.
Politics and Society Kenya’s young voters have a dilemma: they dislike ethnic politics but feel trapped in it
Our research found that Kenyan students dislike ethnic-based politics in principle, but feel the pressures of tribalism.
Politics and Society The West has a moral obligation to pay reparations
Calls for former colonial masters to pay reparations for their role in the enslavement of millions of Africans and the colonial exploitation of African lands has gained momentum in recent years.