Algeria is moving further away from its francophone history by introducing instruction in English in primary schools. The country is...
The continuous existence of black people is a political act, and after Ferguson I can no longer separate my feminism from my political fight against the...
If this writing thing doesn’t work out I might be joining Il Divo (those guys look like they get laid a lot) and be taking groupies...
Michael Brown, a young black man, is dead. The man who killed him, a white policeman, will not be punished. Because in America, white is always...
I spent eight years convincing myself that it was all a bad dream, and I am not alone in that response.
New evidence of a Rwandan killed in Germany last month has emerged and it points to xenophobia
An exhibition in Lagos highlights the importance of aso-oke, the premier fabric in Yoruba land. Artist Tunde Owolabi spoke to Oris Aigbokhaevbolo about the importance of...
Investigating crimes against humanity is a notoriously complex, slow and expensive business. Zimbabwe meets both these criteria. Basic human rights have been something of a luxury...
There is increasing evidence that rates of child sexual abuse and rape are disproportionately high in sub-Saharan Africa. A searingly powerful photographic exhibition hopes to break...
Since the 1990s, when multi-party politics was re-introduced in Kenya, the country has seen numerous political transitions. In 2010, a new constitution was promulgated, paving the...
Thomas Sankara's death nearly 30 years ago during a coup has never been fully explained. Burkina Faso's interim president, Michel Kafando, says he will allow an...
