We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...
The comic offers important ways of criticising those in power. Trevor Noah is superb at it.
Rita Nketiah outlines the ways respectability politics constrains African women and girls from expressing the totality of their humanity
Kagure Mugo looks into the hang-ups and taboos people share around sex when a woman is on her period.
In a landmark case, two teenage sisters from Tanzania who are living with albinism have been granted asylum in the U.S. with help from students at...
Blogging has become a phenomenon across the world, providing an informal platform that creates access to differing human experiences in numerous contexts. In our interests, we...
Opposition protests turned violent on Wednesday in central Harare as Zimbabwean police fired teargas and used water cannons and baton sticks to disperse demonstrators protesting against...
Tanzania has started a programme to train tailors in anticipation of plans to implement a regional ban on the importation of second-hand clothes and footwear by...
‘What practices of self-care and love have been replicated and shared by black girls and women in the styling and braiding of their hair? What collective...
A crowdfunding initiative to support Ethiopian athlete Feyisa Lilesa, the Olympic men’s marathon silver medallist, who made a brave gesture in solidarity with Oromo protesters has...
British athlete Lynsey Sharp has raised the ire of social media with her remarks, which seems to suggest she lost to Caster Semenya because it’s “difficult”...
When Naseemah Mohamed, Kyomuhendo A Ateenyi and Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire started Writivism in 2012, its focus was on Uganda. Today, Writivism runs workshops all over the...
