This Is Africa

Nelson Mandela was a towering global symbol – but how effective was he as a president?

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

Game Theory, The math of survival and the soul of community: Why the Gulf’s zero-sum game needs Utu

Interview – From novelist to publisher: Andrew Chatora on building Friesian Publishing

Senegal stripped of title: Afcon ruling is lawful, but it puts Caf’s reputation at risk

On the Kenyan economy under William Ruto’s presidency

Still muddling through despite the government’s best efforts

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation

UK seems ready to return its ‘last African colony’

Costa Titch: the rising white South African rap star who embraced black hip-hop culture

Gender equality in Nigeria: Three reasons why women aren’t represented in politics

Is Malawi’s Chakwera actively stifling his corruption buster?

Will Nigeria’s next president answer to the public?

Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026

Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1

The Converse Shock | How Disaster Capitalism Has Bankrupted the American War Machine

The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity

How African policymakers should prepare for the coming commodity boom

“An Accomplice to Injustice”: Pan-African Voices Blasts AU Commission for “Betraying” Democratic Ideals

Nelson Mandela was a towering global symbol – but how effective was he as a president?

Game Theory, The math of survival and the soul of community: Why the Gulf’s zero-sum game needs Utu

Interview – From novelist to publisher: Andrew Chatora on building Friesian Publishing

Senegal stripped of title: Afcon ruling is lawful, but it puts Caf’s reputation at risk

On the Kenyan economy under William Ruto’s presidency

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation

UK seems ready to return its ‘last African colony’

Costa Titch: the rising white South African rap star who embraced black hip-hop culture

Gender equality in Nigeria: Three reasons why women aren’t represented in politics

Is Malawi’s Chakwera actively stifling his corruption buster?

Will Nigeria’s next president answer to the public?

Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026

Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1

The Converse Shock | How Disaster Capitalism Has Bankrupted the American War Machine

The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity

How African policymakers should prepare for the coming commodity boom

“An Accomplice to Injustice”: Pan-African Voices Blasts AU Commission for “Betraying” Democratic Ideals

Multiparty democracy is in trouble in South Africa – collapsing coalitions are a sure sign

Cartoon: United States of Africa — Dream gone with The Brotherly Leader?

The forsaken people of Northern Kenya

Kenya’s big railway project makes life even harder for the poor by ignoring their reality

Dave Houghton effect praised for Zimbabwe’s T20 progress

The curious case of Zimbabwe sanctions

A review of Ikenna Okeh’s ‘Deportee’

It matters that Rishi Sunak has become the UK’s first prime minister of Indian descent

Tshwane University of Technology confers honorary doctorates to four prominent personalities

Who is Rishi Sunak, the new UK prime minister?

Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora

Opinion — Pan-Africanist and global development expert Brian Kagoro reiterates longstanding opposition to ZIDERA

Remembering an African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o —10 quotes: Part 1

Reform or retreat? The Catholic church in Africa after Pope Francis

African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – Decolonial icon, writer and Mwalimu: A voice silenced, but never forgotten – An obituary

All politics is local – Lessons from our ancestors

Samia Suluhu’s discomfiting revelation: Gender alone does not inoculate one from dictatorship and demagoguery

The Mask is Off. Why Kenyan #GenZs are Rising Against a Regime Stuck in its Colonial Past

Remembering an African icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o — 10 quotes Part 2

The failure of centralized power across the planet is upon us

Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule

Raila Amolo Odinga

A year later, Africa’s Gen Z uprising is only more emboldened

Leadership Beyond Politicians, Politricks and Popularity Contests: Building a Future of Abundance Through UTU Principles

Understanding Constructivist Pan-Africanism

Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place?

Kenya’s Constitution under siege: A decade of efforts to centralise power

Reelecting William Samoei Ruto

The silence that dictatorship taught us

Nelson Mandela was a towering global symbol – but how effective was he as a president?

Game Theory, The math of survival and the soul of community: Why the Gulf’s zero-sum game needs Utu

Interview – From novelist to publisher: Andrew Chatora on building Friesian Publishing

Senegal stripped of title: Afcon ruling is lawful, but it puts Caf’s reputation at risk

The Systemic Rupture Why the Old Global Software is Crashing — and How Utu Builds the New World

The Converse Shock | How Disaster Capitalism Has Bankrupted the American War Machine

The Shock Doctrine Live in the Gulf

Zimbabwean Writer Andrew Chatora launches London literary imprint Friesian Publishing

Mark Carney and the new power calculation, where does Africa stand?

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Verdict — Three Cases, One Stool, and a Choice We Cannot Avoid

Conflict in the Horn of Africa isn’t inevitable. People can choose peace

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Carrot, the Stick, and the Apex Predator | Part 2

The Accident of Meritocracy: Why the Western Operating System Has Crashed—and the African Software Needed to Reboot Humanity

“An Accomplice to Injustice”: Pan-African Voices Blasts AU Commission for “Betraying” Democratic Ideals

Singapore: To Be or Not To Be, Kenya? The Blueprint We Already Had — And How We Buried It | Part 1

How African policymakers should prepare for the coming commodity boom

Op-Ed – Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself

Africa in 2026 The 11 trends/factors that will shape African affairs in 2026

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran

NoViolet Bulawayo wins the best of 25 years of the Caine Prize. Why she deserves it

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point

Ghana ranked Africa’s best and Eritrea worst in World Press Freedom Index

On abortions: Empathy over judgement