The lack of racial diversity at the top end of golf is glaring in the West. In Africa, the white community has also dominated the sport for years. Zambia’s Madalitso Muthiya is the only black African to have played in the US Open, although he was never able to take his career to the dizzy heights. In this feature we talk to him about his career and why the number of black golfers only continues to fall.
Zambia
African identities Zambia’s LGBTQIA+ activists battle softly-softly
The country’s discriminatory laws and societal attitudes towards queer people mean each bit of help they do receive requires caution, patience and a network of sympathetic friends.
Arts, Culture and Sport Zambian gallery a rainmaker for the nation’s talent
Modzi Arts, which supports the creative community in a country that otherwise ignores them, showcases two artists who interrogate climate change, culture and charity in Africa.
Politics and Society “SHE SOARS” Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for out-of-school adolescent girls
The “SHE SOARS” project is advocating for the adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights of female school dropouts in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. The end of the project may bring about accountable and equitable adolescent SRHR policies, legal frameworks, and services in the respective countries.
Politics and Society A few hitches for Hichilema
The honeymoon for Zambia’s president is almost over, and his handling of tough economic challenges will be the test.
Africans rising In defense of the Westminster three
You can arrest activists, but you cannot arrest the truth: In June 2021, three activists – Rob Callender, Daisy Pearson and Ben Wheeler, also known as the Westminster Three – were charged with criminal trespass under Section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Policing Act (2005) before a London court. Seven months earlier, on a cold November morning, they had peacefully climbed up the scaffolding on the corner of the UK Houses of Parliament to hang a ten-metre tall letter written by Africans to the people of the United Kingdom. It was a courageous effort to amplify voices from the Global South.
Politics and Society Zambia’s new president takes aim at the security sector
The region’s securocrats are no doubt unsettled by Hichilema’s decisive action to replace the country’s entire security leadership.
Politics and Society Zambians vote for economic reform
The election result was less about Hichilema’s popularity and more an expression of frustration with Lungu’s economic management.
Politics and Society Why Edgar Lungu and his party lost Zambia’s 2021 elections
Zambia’s new president will have to balance austerity and the high expectations of the many unemployed young people and struggling people who voted for him.