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Arts, Culture and Sport8 years ago
The Singularity of Writivism’s Projects: an interview with Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire
When Naseemah Mohamed, Kyomuhendo A Ateenyi and Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire started Writivism in 2012, its focus was on Uganda. Today, Writivism runs workshops all over the...
Arts, Culture and Sport8 years ago
What it means to be LGBT in Nigeria – an interview with author and academic Unoma Azuah
Unoma Azuah is a Nigerian academic and the author of Length of Light and Sky-high Flames, both works of fiction. In this interview, she spoke to...
Arts, Culture and Sport8 years ago
10 memorable quotes by Wole Soyinka
Besides his plays, poems and essays, Nigerian writer, Wole Soyinka, is also famous for his pithy remarks. In commemoration of his birthday today, 13 July, we...
Arts, Culture and Sport8 years ago
Review of Passages: Africa, the first in a chapbook series featuring contemporary writing from around the world
I hesitate to call Passages: Africa, published by PENAmerica, what it is – a collection of prose and photography from the African continent – because at...
Lifestyle8 years ago
The Jemila Effect
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah sits down with Ghanaian writer, nomad and digitial media consultant Jemila Abdulai

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Africans Rising statement on Niger coup

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In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah

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Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York

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Politics and Society10 months ago

Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa

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Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit

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Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni

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Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax

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In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy

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Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake

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The Africa Club launched to strengthen the continent’s financial muscle

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UNEA-6: Fossil fuels drive both the Plastics and Climate Crises and need an International Framework to phase them out

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Letter to President Ruto – Make Africa Climate Summit African

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Climate finance for the Global North and climate reparations for the Global South

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David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review

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Putting the recent coups in the Sahel in broader perspective

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Andrew Chatora on the faultlines of nation-building

Tsitsi Dangarembga, the author of Nervous Conditions, a Zimbabwean classic. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

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Nervous Conditions: on translating one of Zimbabwe’s most famous novels into Shona

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Kenyan doctors’ strike: the government keeps failing to hold up its end of the bargain

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Colonial statues in Africa have been removed, returned and torn down again – why it’s such a complex history

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Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024

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Jack Dorsey Returns For ABC 2024

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Africans Rising Calls for the Abolition of Colonial Borders and Demands Free Movement Across Africa

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Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped

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Zimbabwe’s public historian Pathisa Nyathi has died – he restored the erased history of the Ndebele people

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The BRICS Summit Should Mark the End of Neocon Delusions

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Building an Utu-Led Nation: A New Path for Kenya

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The AFRICA BITCOIN CONFERENCE Social Impact Award

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The remarkable career of Tito Mboweni: from South African freedom fighter to central bank governor and trusted politician

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Nobel economics prize: how colonial history explains why strong institutions are vital to a country’s prosperity – expert Q&A

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Western media outlets are trying to fix their racist, stereotypical coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?

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Syndicated Loverboy – Oliver Mtukudzi in Kwekwe

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Senegal’s female rappers aren’t letting obstacles get in their way – who the rising voices are

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Zimbabwean writer, Andrew Chatora lauded in Uganda

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Wretched of the Earth has been translated into South Africa’s Zulu language – why Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary book still matters

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Africans Rising Decry the Muting of Democracy in Ghana

Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

The Unstoppable March Of The Human Condition: A Review of Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories

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Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

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Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point

Politics and Society7 years ago

Ghana ranked Africa’s best and Eritrea worst in World Press Freedom Index

African identities8 years ago

On abortions: Empathy over judgement

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The Singularity of Writivism’s Projects: an interview with Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire

What it means to be LGBT in Nigeria – an interview with author and academic Unoma Azuah

10 memorable quotes by Wole Soyinka

Review of Passages: Africa, the first in a chapbook series featuring contemporary writing from around the world

The Jemila Effect

Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office

Africans Rising statement on Niger coup

In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah

Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York

Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa

Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni

Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax

In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy

Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake

The Africa Club launched to strengthen the continent’s financial muscle

UNEA-6: Fossil fuels drive both the Plastics and Climate Crises and need an International Framework to phase them out

Letter to President Ruto – Make Africa Climate Summit African

Climate finance for the Global North and climate reparations for the Global South

David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review

Putting the recent coups in the Sahel in broader perspective

Andrew Chatora on the faultlines of nation-building

Nervous Conditions: on translating one of Zimbabwe’s most famous novels into Shona

Kenyan doctors’ strike: the government keeps failing to hold up its end of the bargain

Colonial statues in Africa have been removed, returned and torn down again – why it’s such a complex history

Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024

Jack Dorsey Returns For ABC 2024

Africans Rising Calls for the Abolition of Colonial Borders and Demands Free Movement Across Africa

Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped

Zimbabwe’s public historian Pathisa Nyathi has died – he restored the erased history of the Ndebele people

The BRICS Summit Should Mark the End of Neocon Delusions

Building an Utu-Led Nation: A New Path for Kenya

Kenya’s female freedom fighters were the silent heroes of the anti-colonial movement – here are some of their stories

The AFRICA BITCOIN CONFERENCE Social Impact Award

Colonial white boys in Zimbabwe: John Eppel’s autobiography is a welcome book, but a difficult read

Kenya’s presidents have a long history of falling out with their deputies – Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment is no surprise

The remarkable career of Tito Mboweni: from South African freedom fighter to central bank governor and trusted politician

Nobel economics prize: how colonial history explains why strong institutions are vital to a country’s prosperity – expert Q&A

Western media outlets are trying to fix their racist, stereotypical coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?

Syndicated Loverboy – Oliver Mtukudzi in Kwekwe

Senegal’s female rappers aren’t letting obstacles get in their way – who the rising voices are

Zimbabwean writer, Andrew Chatora lauded in Uganda

Wretched of the Earth has been translated into South Africa’s Zulu language – why Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary book still matters

Africans Rising Decry the Muting of Democracy in Ghana

The Unstoppable March Of The Human Condition: A Review of Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point

Ghana ranked Africa’s best and Eritrea worst in World Press Freedom Index

On abortions: Empathy over judgement