Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
The Tanzanian president’s reform drive has endeared her to the populace but will also embolden opposition to her political ambitions.
Big investors seem to be mainly interested in Nollywood's already established popularity with African audiences.
The Algerian revolution had a profound effect on both Mandela and Fanon's thinking about colonisation, oppression and freedom.
When a deputy headmaster at one of Zimbabwe’s top schools recently came out as gay, he faced a backlash that revealed a deep-seated homophobia. One Zimbabwean...
A conference in Accra, Ghana, revisited the 1958 All African People’s Conference, under the banner of “The Unfinished Business of Liberation and Transformation”. The legendary convenor...
Africa’s growing cancer epidemic is troubling, particularly as it competes with the continent's many other health-care needs. D'Angels Motorcycle Club, Nigeria first all-female bikers club, wants...
The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad should strengthen efforts against the use of sexual violence as a weapon...
The Ake Arts and Book Festival, one of the best festivals on the continent took place in October. Enjoy this photo essay compiled by Nigerian photographer...
Nigerian women embarked on a Market March, a protest demanding an end to the normalised sexual harassment and bullying of women in markets. Markets are not...
More than half the world is online, with the numbers growing every day. People are increasingly spending every second of their existence on the World Wide...
For the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, Nana Akosua Hanson argues that the problem of sexual harassment in schools is rooted in patriarchy and...
