Zambia’s August 2026 presidential election stands as a vital geopolitical watershed for Southern Africa. Strikingly contrasted against Zimbabwe’s executive overreach...
What remains of Machel today is, above all, his ethical teaching. He died poor, committed to the cause of his...
A Ouagadougou court has sentenced former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaoré to life imprisonment for the murder of his comrade, Thomas Sankara, assassinated on 15 October 1987.
As the war on Ukraine rages on, the western world is waking up to the harrowing realities that Black and Brown refugees have suffered for decades....
After a profoundly successful debut, Noviolet Bulawayo’s second novel – which began as non-fiction – leaves realism for allegory to confront the Zimbabwean present.
Kenya's Supreme court blocked the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), a huge blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta and his allies.
Moya is a show that seeks a spiritual awakening, especially after the trauma and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic
Why have the Kikuyu people turned against us? Is a question that must be causing the Kenyattas sleepless nights, just months to the August elections. The...
This Is Africa announces 2022 as the year of “Return to Marechera.” The great Zimbabwean writer, Dambudzo Marechera (1952-1987), would have turned 70 this year.
The African Union will struggle to ensure partners stick to their promises in a tough new international environment.
The unity between Zimbabwe’s two main ethnic groups is so fragile that even an inspirational street mural can expose it.
The Guyanese historian and activist sought revolutionary change through an informed and grounded practice, offering education and focusing on the total ecology of society.
