How to manage post-colonial economies
Why the general confidence in capacity of technocrats to drive policy in and manage African economies, despite all the evidence to the contrary?
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Magical realism in Accra
"The Burial of Kojo," the debut film of director Samuel Bazawule - also known as Blitz the Ambassador - is also curious visuals and electric feels.
Walter Rodney was way ahead of his time
Rediscovered lectures Walter Rodney gave in 1978 in Hamburg shows a reflective intellectual, thinking critically about postcolonial African governance.
Who’s reporting Africa now?
NGOs and freelance journalists are increasingly filling the vacuum being left by a declining Western media presence. It's not all good.
Entry-level misogyny
In a heteronormative society like Nigeria, men—regardless of their age, class, marital or other status—are entitled to sex with any and all women.
The Zambian farmers who are suing a mining company in a British court
In January 2019, a group of Zambian farmers brought their fight for justice to the UK Supreme Court, in a case with far-reaching implications for multinational companies.
Donald Trump’s Africa policy
The involvement of far right and conservative think tanks in developing Trump's Africa agenda.
Will Kenya’s government let gay people live?
On February 22, 2019, Kenya's Constitutional Court will rule on whether to repeal colonial-era laws that criminalize homosexuality in Kenya.
We know from political crises in Africa that foreign intervention is a bad idea
Foreign support for governments that benefit privileged elites and their external backers perpetuate violence and instability. It won't be any different for Latin American countries like Venezuela.
American tribalism
Political 'tribalism' has for far too long been seen as an African problem. It is also an American problem, reflecting parallel legacies of colonialism.
As teacher strikes sweep the US, educators in Africa organize against privatization
The Africa we want should include guaranteed and well-funded public education provided by its states.
Scenes from a youthful uprising
After years of divide and rule by President Omar al-Bashir, the youth of Sudan have united to push him out.