
Zimbabwe’s shift to biometric e-passports masks a critical vulnerability: digital sovereignty. With foreign firms building the state's digital identity infrastructure,...




Novelist Petina Gappah’s call for translators on Facebook has resulted in the publication of Chimurenga Chemhuka.

















Anti-gay rhetoric has steadily been on the rise in Tanzania since President John Magufuli took office. It is not the rhetoric that citizens need to be...

Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni recently declared, "the head of the home never goes into the kitchen." In 2018, when cooking is a basic life skill,...

America’s midterms have been the populace’s chance to exercise power at a time when they feel powerless. In this election, the desperate need for representation has...

Today we celebrate Ilhan Omar who has made history becoming first Somali American, and first refugee ever to be elected to Congress. Omar, together with Rashida...

Complicated beauty rituals are no longer a purely feminine preoccupation. The current male beauty standard demands a level of effort and curation that men have not...

Music In Africa Conference for Collaborations, Exchange and Showcases (ACCES) is a pan-African event for music industry players to exchange ideas, discover new talent and create...

For black South Africans, the hard lesson was the same as it had been during the Boer war: support for Britain would bring few rewards.

Nigerian painter and sculptor Ben Enwonwu was one of the first modern African artists to win international critical acclaim. His career has increased the global visibility...

Overspending by the government is behind the current downward spiral in Zimbabwe’s economy.

Joyline Maenzanise gathered some advice should writer’s block strike. Here’s how these writers deal with the issue.