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




Hardi Yakubu recently visited the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa and paid a courtesy call to Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. The...














Historic manuscripts, ancient tombs and mausoleums are some of Mali’s cultural treasures destroyed by terrorists in recent years. The Alpha Moya mausoleum, which was one of...

Fake quotes misattributed to Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe have gone viral across the Africa. Hundreds of them are shared on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook...

As South Africa celebrates Youth Day in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the June 16, 1976 Soweto Uprising when students protested against the racist and...

Today South Africa celebrates Youth Day in commemoration of the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. On June 16,1976 students rose up in protest against the racist...

The construction of the Makoko floating school in 2013 was some of the best news to emerge from the Lagos slum. Now that the school has...

I hesitate to call Passages: Africa, published by PENAmerica, what it is – a collection of prose and photography from the African continent – because at...

At the age of 25, Panashe Chigumadzi is one of the most prominent intellectual voices in South Africa. Born to Zimbabwean parents, she is currently a...

This year marks 40 years since the student uprisings of 1976, after which South Africa was never the same again. At the heart of the student...

Sexual violence is a tactic of war, used to humiliate, dominate and instil fear. It is also increasingly being used as a tactic of terrorism. While...

What are the limits of what politicians can give to the people to entice them to vote in their favour? Money is considered unacceptable by almost...