A locally-driven vision of African identity and space
Using Instagram, photographer Fati Abubakar wants to take us beyond Boko Haram in Nigeria’s Borno State.
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
Uganda, now you have touched the women… again!
In April 2012, Ingrid Turinawe, then leader of Uganda’s Forum for Democratic Change Women’s League, was
The Illusion of South American Unity
Real regional integration would mean both the end of trade barriers and the local subsidies that distort trade flows and prevent competition.
The student uprisings in South Africa
Demands for racial justice and concerns about economic inequality are coming together in a powerful call for change that cannot be ignored or easily dismissed.
Nigeria outsources policing of corruption
Two weeks ago, on October 6th, Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, was arrested in London
How to report on the student protests in South Africa
Following protest action at the University of Cape Town and Wits University in Johannesburg against higher
When Thomas Piketty went to South Africa
Bizarrely, for all the attention paid Piketty’s visit to South Africa, we’ve learned very little about what he actually said. So, what did he tell his hosts?
Where is “America”?
Before Columbus’ arrival, there were already millions of people living in America, who we could say had “discovered it.”
Dispatch from Berlin
“What is the difference between refugees and ‘normal’ citizens besides the fact that the former had to flee from their homes? There is none.”
Weekend Music Break No.86 – The WOMEX (2015) Edition
The 15th edition of WOMEX, Europe's premiere World Music trade show is happening next week in
Cowries and Rice
The global impact of the exchanges and experiences between China and Africa.
October 15, 1987: The Murder of Thomas Sankara
Note left at Thomas Sankara’s graveside: “Mama Sankara, your son will be avenged. We are all Sankara.”
The stories of Ghana’s young filmmakers
Heritage inspires content and art conjures thought. With this ethos guiding us, Rebecca Oheneasah Hesse and I launched
Bigger and bigger
Every month, Hipsters Don’t Dance send us their “Top World Carnival Tunes.” This is September 2015’s chart.
Rewriting the Black Mediterranean
Igiaba Scego is one of the most prominent voices of a new cohort of Black writers in Italy.
President dos Santos and the ruling MPLA: Afraid of Angolans
if Luaty Beirão dies in jail on their watch, Angola’s state will have a much bigger problem than small protests on their hands.
When Pelé ended a war
From July 1967 to January 1970, Nigeria was engaged in civil war. Apparently, one person could make the war pause: The G.O.A.T., Pelé.
The year of the girl child in Tanzania?
October 11 is International Day of the Girl Child, and October 25 Tanzania will run Presidential
Memory, between nostalgia and archive
The relevance of Mauritius in the flows and exchanges between global superpowers, especially Britain and the United States.
The technological circuits of the African diaspora
Given this history of Black dispersal and displacement, what might a liberatory mobility look like?