The long short history of post-apartheid South African rugby
The compromises and conciliations of South African rugby mirror the unfinished transition from apartheid racism in the broader society.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
The mysterious ways of The Black Jacobins
C.L.R. James’ book about the Haitian Revolution, had an impact far beyond the Caribbean.
Are you really Global apartheid?
The writer, a “Global” Somali traveler, reflects on borders, airports, and belonging.
Love in the time of war
Director Hajooj Kuka’s first feature film focuses on the contours of masculinity and the contradictions of war in Sudan.
The beautyful ones
A personal reflection, by the daughter of a fighter in Zimbabwe’s Second Chiumurenga, on the death of President Robert Mugabe.
South African rugby’s race problems
What does the divergent fates of Springbok Eben Etzebeth and former coach Peter de Villiers say about the state of South African rugby?
Is the nation state the best we got?
What lessons can we draw from 1960s and 1970s anticolonialism and pan-Africanism to rethink the nation state today?
Mugabe and the tradition to not speak ill of the dead
What is the proper way for young Zimbabweans to remember Robert Mugabe’s legacy?
Why are we only learning to cook French food in Africa?
It’s easier to find African restaurants in New York City than it is in Cape Town, and culinary schools on the continent aren’t helping.
Moon people
In the 50th year since humans first landed on the moon, we take you back to Zambia’s attempt to achieve that feat.
Beyoncé and the Heart of Darkness
Few black thinkers and creatives in the United States seem able to grapple with the implications of their Americocentrism in relation to Africa.
Chester Williams and the making of modern South African rugby
Williams, the only black South African player in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, was a complex figure in complex times. He deserves to be remembered as such.
Now is our time to tell our own stories
The celebrated Mozambican writer, Mia Cuoto, argues, among others, that it is essential that governments think in terms of the nation, not its elites.
The white hunter
Outrage against arrogant hunters is not enough. Wildlife conservation requires rethinking.
The making of Mugabe’s intolerance
How an autocratic strain of pan-Africanism of the early 1960s shaped Robert Mugabe.
How Africa shaped Immanuel Wallerstein
Africa and its peoples were central to the great Immanuel Wallerstein’s intellectual development and political activism.