The hunt for (the trial of) Dedan Kimathi
Kimati’s image has long stood in, symbolically, for the ideals and lost hopes of revolutionary decolonization in Kenya.
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Paul Milchick
Paul Milchik is a pseudonym for the author of this piece. His name has been changed due to his status as an international student in the US during the second Trump administration, in a context where foreign students have been targeted for detention and deportation as a result of expressing pro-Palestinian views.
What happened to ‘Africa Rising’?
Right. A better bet is for Africa to industrialize if it’s going to meaningfully rise. That’s the lesson from history.
Hillary Clinton’s ‘African Development’
The Clintons have long been entangled with this corporate development agenda.
Uganda’s chemical elections
One effect of the deployment of tear gas and military equipment in Kampala is in the fear it invokes in the electorate, reminding them of the close relationship between the president, police and military.
The ‘Big Man’ Syndrome in Africa
Why do so many African leaders overstay their welcome or break electoral rules?
Soundcloud Africa
Africa is a Country hosted Chimurenga’s pop up Pan-African Space Station transmission. It’s archived here.
All you need to know about Uganda’s elections
Here’s what to read and who to follow on social media if you want to make sense of Ugandan politics now.
It’s the economy, number four
This is number four in our weekly round up of economics news. Written and compiled by Grieve Chelwa.
Uganda Belongs to Us
Who are the young people who want to take their country back from the leopard who has terrorized them for 30 years?
A Decade of Scotland’s Africa-in-Motion Film Festival
2015 marked the tenth anniversary of the Africa-in-Motion film festival, the showcase for African cinema in Scotland,
It’s the economy stupid, number three
This is number three in our weekly round up of economics news. Written and compiled by Grieve Chelwa.
Weekend Music Break No.92
It's time again for another Weekend Music Break with Africa is a Country! Enjoy this round of
Rearranging the furniture in Stellenbosch
The vigorous disruption by social movements and artists of the thuggish racialized mythmaking that dominates Stellenbosch’s cultural memory.
The Day After
For the current generation of Uganda’s diaspora, the homeland is much more than a myth; it’s a reality that they can see, hear, engage, and influence.
Abdi Latif Ega and the rejection of the ‘African’ novel
Somali-American novelist Ega speaks about creating complex characters, the relationship of images to creative writing and the state of African literature today.
The Free State
There are so many lessons from (and horrors) from the violence against black students at South Africa's University
Football and power in Colombia
Football in Colombia has been, especially since the introduction of pro soccer in 1948, an uncontested panic button for those in power.
It’s the economy, number two
This is number two in our weekly round up of economics news. Written and compiled by Grieve Chelwa.
The Fire This Time
To equate the rage of South African student protestors with the official brutality of the state is the bedrock of conservatism.
Boutros-Ghali, more than an Ali G punchline
How to mark the passing of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN Secretary General and a major figure