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




Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same...














Sexual harassment is so entrenched that it has become part of the social fabric of Nigeria. It is time to speak out, says Promise Okwuchukwu.

A 5 year-old girl, Ramata Diarra was decapitated last month in a suspected ritual murder for her body parts in Mali. The Salif Keita Global Foundation...

The polls won’t determine President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s survival – the economy is what counts.

Africa has always promised a great deal in the international showcase but delivered very little at the football world cup.

For her "sophisticated" approach to "gender, race and global inequality" literary force Chimamanda Adichie can add the PEN Pinter Prize to her immense award treasure trove

Today we celebrate International Albinism Awareness Day with the global theme “shining our light to the world”. People with albinism continue to face multiple forms of...

Black women across gender lines are pushing back against the gaze of patriarchy, policing and respectability by owning their bodies and exploring pleasure on their own...

Nelson Mandela's centenary celebrations provide a chance to debunk the lie that he sold out black South Africans.

Most African staple foods are plant based yet the notion of being a non-meat eater is deemed “un-African”, “bourgeois” or “finicky” by many. If you are...

Leroy Mwasaru is just 20, but the young innovator has already made great achievements, recently named on the Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list in the...