Renowned Ugandan feminist and queer rights advocate Dr. Stella Nyanzi has released her second poetry book. The racy title preempts 147 poems, ten cartoons by East Africa’s best satirists, and two essays by leading Ugandan literati involved in the liberation struggle.
Politics and Society Cartoon | International Women’s Day 2022: #BreaktheBias
In this week’s cartoon we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year the day is commemorated under the theme #BreaktheBias to raise awareness and fight fo a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination.
Politics and Society The Lamenting President
Pres Uhuru Kenyatta retreated to Sagana State Lodge for the fourth time in February to explain the rift with his deputy William Ruto. The Sagana meetings have elicited mixed and jaundiced feelings from Kenyans. Kenyatta has lamented that Ruto is “too risky for the country,” but when did Kenyatta realise Ruto was dangerous for the country? What did he do about it? Apart from endless lamentations?
Politics and Society How Kwame Nkrumah’s midnight speech set a tradition for marking the moment of liberation
Nkrumah’s rhetorical vision used the politics of the crowd to build a postcolonial community outside of the conscripts of colonialism.
Politics and Society Us and Them — Racism at Ukraine’s border and Western media othering Africans: Symptoms of an enduring problem
A crisis brings out the best and the worst in people, as a Zimbabwean student fleeing Ukraine puts it. Eyewitness accounts about Africans singled out, denied passage and even beaten by border authorities show humanity at its basest. How did we get here and how do we proceed?
Politics and Society Kenya election: sexist language shows that patriarchy refuses to give way
The country’s political landscape is muddied by sexist language that glorifies the belittling of women in leadership.
Politics and Society Putin’s war in Ukraine proves that “Even in war there is space for racism”
The war in Ukraine is a senseless endeavour. The pain and fear facing Ukrainians who have found themselves in an impossible situation is hard to witness. This is why it is alarming but unsurprising that even in this crisis there is space for racism and discrimination.
Arts, Culture and Sport Zambian gallery a rainmaker for the nation’s talent
Modzi Arts, which supports the creative community in a country that otherwise ignores them, showcases two artists who interrogate climate change, culture and charity in Africa.
Arts, Culture and Sport The legacy of iconic singer Miriam Makeba and her art of activism
Makeba, who would have turned 90 on 4 March 2022, was a hugely influential artist and an icon of African liberation and identity.