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




The 2024 AAMA, from August 29-31 in Accra, Ghana, will expand on the successes of the inaugural 2022 event and...














In this article, Sungu Oyoo relates happenings in his village of Kajulu (Kenya) to the Pan-African crisis by exploring how the Neo-colonial state reproduces itself, then...

African Liberation Day is set aside to reflect on our gains as a people trying to be free. Here the reflections bring the personal at the...

The Children in Freedom School in Kenya has an Afrocentric approach to education that recognises the greatness inherent in every African child, nurturing it from an...

To celebrate his beloved continent, Charles Leonard has picked 25 of his favourite African songs – stone-cold classics, fresh discoveries and hidden gems.

Despite the benefits that could come from integration, many African countries remain wary of the process.

The people who have celebrated most about Martha Karua’s running mate selection are the civil society/NGO buffs and the professional women caucuses. Now repackaged as the...

The MPLA is using all instruments at its disposal to hobble a new united opposition front ahead of the Angola election.

A contemplation on a righteous and revolutionary life. The writer here goes through a preliminary meditation so as to inspire and return to the source, the...

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya is one of the more prominent writers writing in Ndebele. Her new novel, Zalabantu Ziyebantwini’, came out this month. It will be followed...

Having a woman leader of the country would show a shift in gender equity, but more than that, South Africa needs someone morally unimpeachable who listens...