
In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.




A scholar of politics and religion explains how anti-LGBTQ laws are being used to distract the public from governance failures...

















Rather than relying on traditional aid donors when disaster strikes, individual Zimbabweans have been stepping up to the plate, says Ray Mwareya.

The prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, has been awarded a prestigious international prize for his successful peacemaking efforts in his region.

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari recently returned to the country after a 10-day visit to the United Kingdom. The reason for his visit was unclear, leaving many...

The EFF's militarised aesthetic is more than a sideshow. It forms a key part of its spectacle-oriented brand of politics.

Kwame Brathwaite is a documentary photographer who chronicled the cultural, political and social developments of Harlem and co-founded the African Jazz Art Society and Studios. He...

The IAAF in a letter to the World Medical Association (WMA) stated that South Africa's Caster Semenya, a woman, was free to compete as a man...
The community organisation Fatumas Voice will be holding its first Youth Uniting Africa Conference outside of Kenya in June 2019. The goal is to discuss the...

For a continent that did not define its internal borders, Africans are certainly very serious about enforcing these divisions.

The election will not change the government, but may change the balance of power between the two factions of the governing ANC, led by Cyril Ramaphosa...

Freweini Mebrahtu is an Ethiopian chemical engineer who designed and patented a reusable menstrual pad and founded the Mariam Seba Sanitary Products factory where these are...