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African identities5 years ago
Rwanda gospel singer reveals he is gay, says he expects a backlash
A Rwandan gospel singer has revealed to a Christian YouTube channel that he’s gay, telling the media that he expected a backlash for coming out. Albert...
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Recognising intersex people opens access to fundamental rights in Kenya
Kenya's decision holds the promise of inclusivity and liberalisation of the legal and policy environment.
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South Africa’s city of Johannesburg holds first official black queer ball
South Africa has joined the fray of ball room culture; an originally American countercultural phenomenon rooted in necessity and defiance. In the late nineteenth century members...
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“Proud to be trans, proud to be sex workers, and even prouder of their stunning sense of style”
Trans women sex workers collective Sistaazhood launches photo book
African identities5 years ago
‘Under The Rainbow’ a Documentary on Self-Discovery
The LGBTQI+ documentary, Under The Rainbow follows Pamela Adie, as she guides viewers through her first-hand experiences of navigating sexuality in homophobic Nigeria and the alienation...

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Rwanda gospel singer reveals he is gay, says he expects a backlash

Recognising intersex people opens access to fundamental rights in Kenya

South Africa’s city of Johannesburg holds first official black queer ball

“Proud to be trans, proud to be sex workers, and even prouder of their stunning sense of style”

‘Under The Rainbow’ a Documentary on Self-Discovery

Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent

US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally

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

Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers

Africans Rising statement on Niger coup

“Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba

In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah

Interview | “Within our isolated singleness, we are nothing, we are weak” — Hardi Yakubu social justice and grassroots organising

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

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

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

The Njerama Files – Interview with Paradzai Mesi (Part 2)

Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax

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

Letter to President Ruto – Make Africa Climate Summit African

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

Interview | “Remove visa requirement for Africans travelling within Africa” —Africans Rising Coordinator Hardi Yakubu (Part 2)

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What Kenyan protests tell us about economic management and the politics of reforms in African states

2024 All-African Movement Assembly Accra-Ghana

Kenya’s government has a blueprint for digital tyranny. It is working – for now

OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict

Kenyan Protests, Part Three: Thoughts on potential pathways forward

Kenyan Protests, Part Two: How not to clean up a fiscal mess

Kenyan Protests, Part One: The political education of President William Ruto

HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection

Kenyan police use excessive force because they’re serving political elites, not the public – policy analyst

#Africans4Kenya: 400 African and Diaspora CSOs hold Ruto responsible for killings and abductions of protesters

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#OccupyParliament Protests Against Kenya’s Finance Bill 2024: The Sovereign Power of the People

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Africans Rising Borderless Africa Convening: The Lusaka Communiqué

Undersea cables are the unseen backbone of the global internet

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

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

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