
We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...




Poet, soldier and critic of postcolonial elites, Hadraawi was the greatest poet of his generation.














Today, 84 years ago, a literary giant was born. Chinua Achebe will always be remembered for his colossal contribution to the establishing of modern African literature

The God we have been taught to serve is not only alien to us but also harmful, we must kill him and in his stead raise...

On this day, in 1884, Western countries met to discuss the future of Africa in what is known as the Berlin Conference. The result of the...

In a Ghana hotel I overheard a western-sounding white male utter the following to a listener on his phone: “The people in Africa are so simple,...
The African media is saturated with stories of ‘save our wildlife’. Save your ‘Jumbos’. Don’t kill our Big Five! Save your future! I hardly have a...

This is Zimbabwe, we have the highest literacy level in Africa and a proclivity for the utilisation of gargantuan articulatory conduits. Why couldn’t he just say...

Calvin has spent over half of his life in Cape Flats gangs. Today, he is 26 years old and a high-ranking member of both the Mongrels...

Rwanda's digitised economy received a significant boost when the country launched 4th generation long-term evolution (4G LTE) internet which provides accelerated internet speeds, a crucial element...

What started as an innocent pastime activity – online sex – turned into a time-consuming addiction for Kenneth. The blurry lines between cyber world and reality...