African Identity Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/african-identity/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:27:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 African Identity Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/african-identity/ 32 32 67616479 Samia Suluhu’s discomfiting revelation: Gender alone does not inoculate one from dictatorship and demagoguery https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/samia-suluhu-about-turn/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/samia-suluhu-about-turn/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:41:54 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573740 In Samia Suluhu’s rise and subsequent consolidation, one sees not only the imprint of her own personality but also the enduring strength of a political structure that prizes unity and control above all. It is a cautionary tale of how, even when a break in the glass ceiling is achieved—shards of hope glinting in the sunlight—the underlying machinery of control can pull a leader back into conformity.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/samia-suluhu-about-turn/feed/ 0 573740 The award-winning African documentary project that goes inside the lives of migrant https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-award-winning-african-documentary-project-that-goes-inside-the-lives-of-migrant/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-award-winning-african-documentary-project-that-goes-inside-the-lives-of-migrant/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:10:09 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70709 Lifting awards at film festivals is just the start of the journey for documentaries like The Last Shelter (Mali), No U-Turn (Nigeria) and No Simple Way Home (South Sudan).

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-award-winning-african-documentary-project-that-goes-inside-the-lives-of-migrant/feed/ 0 70709 Rethinking ukuthwala, the South African ‘bride abduction’ custom https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/rethinking-ukuthwala-the-south-african-bride-abduction-custom/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/rethinking-ukuthwala-the-south-african-bride-abduction-custom/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:47:27 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=69146 Perceptions of marriage abduction as a recent phenomenon hide the violence that has been done to women as part of culture.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/rethinking-ukuthwala-the-south-african-bride-abduction-custom/feed/ 0 69146 Rethinking how we look at Africa’s relationship with China https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/rethinking-how-we-look-at-africas-relationship-with-china/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/rethinking-how-we-look-at-africas-relationship-with-china/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:54:20 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=68935 African identity needs a revision to move beyond current understanding of its relationship with China.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/rethinking-how-we-look-at-africas-relationship-with-china/feed/ 0 68935 Conversation with Brian Kagoro on Africa: “We must take charge of our own destiny” https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/conversation-with-brian-kagoro-on-africa-we-must-take-charge-of-our-own-destiny/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/conversation-with-brian-kagoro-on-africa-we-must-take-charge-of-our-own-destiny/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 25 May 2021 12:14:48 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=68825 Brian Kagoro offers reflections on why Africans must take charge of their own destiny and realize that “no one owes Africa a meal or a living”.

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