Our history is here
The founders of Tarikhona Hona aim to archive the lives of the LGBTQI+ community in Morocco.
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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.
Pio Pinto’s legacy for the Kenyan left
This week on AIAC Talk: Pio Gama Pinto was Kenya’s first post-independence martyr. Why does he matter today?
This is a sensorial feast, not a burial
Although overlooked this awards season, a new film by Lebohang Jeremiah Mosese deserves your attention.
There’s a metaphor in there somewhere
Thoughts on the conclusion of the 2021 African Cup of Nations.
Who was Huda Shaarawi?
Egyptian women’s struggle today stands on the shoulders of many historical role models. One of them is Huda Shaarawi.
Ted Lasso and the Afropolitan
The Afropolitics of one of the characters, Sam Obisanya, makes the second season of TV series “Ted Lasso” even better than the first.
A black sound
On AIAC Radio, Folarin Ajibade (@folarinistired) was inspired enough by Xavier Livermon’s book “Kwaito Bodies” to make a mix.
A man of the people
Robert Vinson’s biography of Albert Luthuli hints at how liberation histories might be reframed to better address the problems of the present.
Coup in Burkina
This week, AIAC talks with Dr. Lassane Ouedraogo on what’s behind the coup in Burkina Faso.
The African Cup of Nations is our World Cup
Reflecting on the 2022 edition of the African Cup of nations, and the successes of small countries.
Are strongmen or liberal democracy our only choices?
With the recent series of military coups, especially in West Africa, what is left for the future of politics on the African continent?
The humanization of public monsters
Charles Njonjo’s legacy is as member of a powerful group of Kikuyu chauvinists who surrounded Jomo Kenyatta and corrupted the state.
Resonant music
The film “Africa Mia” (2019), directed by Richard Minier and Edouard Salier, explores the musical connections between Cuba and Mali.
The future of South Africa’s labor movement
South Africa’s labor movement is in crisis. How can it rebuild? We try to answer that question with Karl Cloete this week on AIAC Talk.
The water oriented away from normativity
What if our starting place is to claim that Africa has always been queer?, writes Johannesburg-based scholar Hugo kaCanham.
Wyuyata’s story
While Sierra Leone has come very far in its fight against sexual violence the question of safeguarding victims especially children needs urgent attention.
We’re actually being exploited once again
Mozambique should not move forward with extractivist mega-projects. They always contribute to serious violations of human rights, cause irreversible damage to the environment, and deepen the climate crisis.
To give the horror a name
The dissonance between what is communicated through local and international propaganda machines and what is actually taking place across the streets of Sudan.
The politics of elegance
German historian Daniel Tödt wrote a history of the Congolese évolués. In this interview, he talks about the historiographical interventions of his book and the role of Patrice Lumumba in the history of évolués.
Turning the camera back home
The women filmmakers in the Ethiopian diaspora who have taken the risk of dedicating their lives to documenting their homeland.