
Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.




Odinga escaped all attempts by his detractors to reduce him to an ethnic leader.














Audrey Chirenje’s novel Life Will Humble You is a welcome addition to the literature of Zimbabwe. Its high entertainment value is a blessing to a canon...

Justice Mokgoro’s advocacy for group solidarity and reconciliation is discernible in several of her judgments.

Miscalculations in handling accusations that arms were provided to Russia could cost South Africa dearly.

The country’s new leaders deny ethnic prejudice in their appointments, but the facts say otherwise

Africans Rising Coordinator Hardi Yakubu explains the methods and motivations of the Borderless Africa campaign to This Is Africa.

Africans Rising Movement Coordinator, Hardi Yakubu talks to This is Africa about his personal philosophy, how it lends to his passion driven career and the collectivism...

It’s a near certainty that Kagame will be here for some time to come; but as Rwanda looks to the future, it may need or indeed...

The Ukraine war elevated US interest in Africa, but the real global contest is with Beijing rather than Moscow.

The proposed law reinforces unscientific conversion practices – or so-called reparative therapies – that don’t work.

Paradzai Mesi is the lone wolf who howls for the pack just to keep it visibly out of play. Sungura guitarists were family prefects, lending their...