Anti-black excellence
In Ghana, political leaders, religious leaders and leading rappers all have one thing in common: internalized anti-blackness.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Obama, Mandela and the limits of liberalism
American liberals’ continued refusal to engage seriously with the global collapse of the postwar liberal order.
Gay life in Senegal
Homosexuality continues to be a dangerous topic in Senegal. There, as in much of the African continent, heteronormative behavior is enforced with violence.
Collective guilt
The disfunction with American voluntourism and Christian outreach in Africa, that in some cases have led to abuse.
Winnie Mandela and the historians
Historians have surprisingly said little about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, before or since her April 2018 passing.
Even love does not fear death
Sierra Leoneans take center stage as storytellers and active witnesses in a new documentary about the Ebola outbreak.
The World Cup and international relations
Who gets to host future editions of the men’s soccer World Cup is not just big business, but also a bargaining chip in international relations.
The outflow of the colonial past
What will it take to get Germany to own up fully to the atrocities it committed during the Genocide in Namibia?
Pentecostal republic
Christian Pentecostalism has crept to the center of public life in Nigeria.
Kinshasa headache
The harsh realities of resistance for a new generation in Joseph Kabila’s Congo.
Pay me what you owe me
Brooklyn, Biggie Smalls and Hari Kunzru’s White Tears.
The ethics of political art
A critical review of Swiss theatre director Milo Rau’s multi-media project, “Congo Tribunal,” about the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mutual Entanglements
The complex, and at times strained, relations between African-Americans and African immigrants in the United States.
Rwanda’s £30 million Arsenal sleeve
The Arsenal ‘Visit Rwanda’ sponsorship deal is government image management 101.
Cobalt isn’t a conflict mineral
Policymakers need to properly assess the risks to ordinary Congolese people from expanding the “conflict minerals” category.
The post Trump fortunes of South Africa’s white nationalists
South Africa’s white nationalists are finally in the spotlight, thanks to Donald Trump. Nobody likes what they see.