A commanding presence on the global literary stage, Ama Ata Aidoo was a powerful feminist voice with a prolific output.
The fluidity of the country’s short-lived coalitions is a major cause of instability in Kenya.
Ceebu jën (Wolof), Thiéboudiène (French), or Senegalese jollof rice has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The consequence is even...
Child abuse, domestic violence, and incest all find a voice in Chatora’s new book: Harare Voices and Beyond which offers a difficult but essential read.
Barely six months after the Russian foreign minister’s first African tour, two more trips are in the offing.
South Africa recently announced the appointment of the new two national cricket team coaches, splitting roles in the longer and shorter versions of the sport. Once...
Calls for former colonial masters to pay reparations for their role in the enslavement of millions of Africans and the colonial exploitation of African lands has...
Jideofor Adibe, Nasarawa State University, Keffi As Nigerians inch closer to the February 2023 presidential election, the seventh since the current wave of liberal democracy formally...
For a country that aspires to reduce bureaucracy and liberalise its financial sector, currency redesign and cash withdrawal limits can only be counter-intuitive.
The UK’s plan to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court in London has ruled. In a partnership with Rwanda, the UK will...
In Kenya, the prevalence of female genital mutilation has dropped by 24.2 percentage points where an alternative rite of passage is being tried.
A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by...