Religious sensitivity has always been a difficult issue to navigate, even in the contemporary world. When it comes to the depiction of God, the whitewashing of the Almighty is not only historically false in the case of Jesus but creates an implicit cultural and historical bias in favour of one race.
Politics and Society In Africa’s future there is no place for old and corrupt dictators
African leaders ignore their youthful population at their peril.
Politics and Society Academics have shaped Sudan’s political history, and may do it again
Sudan’s academics have been instrumental in bringing regime change and negotiating transitions.
Arts and Culture What Nigerian hip-hop lyrics have to say about the country’s Yahoo Boys
Hip-hop artists in Nigeria unpack the realities of the country’s cyber fraudsters.
Politics and Society How Sudan’s protesters upped the ante, and forced al-Bashir from power
Sudanese protesters against al-Bashir’s regime have scored an important victory. But there’s a long way to go before democracy is restored.
Politics and Society Abdelaziz Bouteflika: Algeria’s longest-serving president resigns
Ailing 82-year-old Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika handed in his resignation on live TV in one of his few public sightings in the last six years. Since he had a stroke in 2013, the leader, who was initially seen as a saviour, became an absentee president whose four terms in office were mired in corruption and allegations of vote-rigging.
Politics and Society Is Africa ready for an uprising that will move her forward?
The hashtags #AlgeriaWakesUp and #SudanUprising have been important signifiers of the fact that Africans as a people are tired of old, ineffective regimes that do not bring about change and that Africa as a continent needs young leaders.
Arts and Culture The extraordinary world of Kenyan poet and author Khadambi Asalache
Khadambi Asalache, poet and pioneer of modern English Kenyan literature, lived an extraordinary life. Now, more than a decade after his death, the public can view his stunning estate, which he left to the National British Trust. The estate is exceptional because for more than 20 years he decorated it extensively with Moorish-influenced fretwork which he cut by hand from discarded pine doors and wooden boxes.
Politics and Society Portraying Rwanda’s genocide as an encounter with hell
Stories about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been evolving as descent narratives telling about journeys through hell.