Alternatives to violent policing already exist in the daily practices of Nairobi residents who don’t depend on the police for...
Zimbabwean public intellectual Dr Alex Tawanda Magaisa died on Sunday, June 5, aged 46. He was best known as a...
My interest in African history – along with my need to learn as much as possible about women in African history – has resulted in my...
Whenever western publications have written about Kwaito and South African House, the story has almost always been told in terms of a unidirectional migration of House...
In a previous post about African versus European craziness, "Crazy oddity #4: ‘dealing’ with your kids" brought up fond memories of the corporal punishment inflicted on...
A Nigerian friend, with whom I went to university in the UK, had tribal marks on his cheeks. I never felt comfortable enough to ask him...
A week before he died, Sankara said, “revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, but you cannot kill ideas”. And so, for us today, the final challenge...
Why do some Nigerians put white people on a pedestal, while others criticise the idea that having paler skin makes you more intelligent, beautiful and successful?
There seems to be a general consensus amongst Africans that while it is occasionally acceptable to comparatively group countries within the continent together, South Africa stands...
Why do good intentions lead to some of the worst songs ever committed to tape? And good intentions aimed at Africa, in particular, seem to inspire...
