The strange history of an imperial skirmish in Niger
There is a collective national ignorance that surrounds the United States' vast military presence in Africa.
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A wild fig grows in Rowan Street
Professor Sampie Terreblanche, who passed away at 84 on February 17, 2018, was one of South Africa's foremost political economists.
In defense of the Anglophones
The author was arrested for insulting Cameroon's president, spent 20 days in prison and was deported. He made this statement at his trial.
The anti-orientalist
The legacy in Morocco of the influential Spanish-born novelist Juan Goytisolo, who died in mid-2017.
The boy called Hugh because he loved the trumpet
Lesedi Tshane's grandfather played with Hugh Masekela. He would later study with Masekela and replace Masekela on a bill with Abdullah Ibrahim.
What we know about Trump’s policy aims in Africa
The most senior African official in the US State Department gives a peak what Trump thinks of Africa.
Let them occupy
Housing struggles Brazil are a good case study to help us understand the limits of what is possible for urban housing movements in South Africa.
Community in Haiti’s Carnival
In a country where in most days, problems and dysfunctions define the lives of Haitians, Carnival is a time to forget it all.
The water point
The author returns to her home town, Cape Town, which may soon become the world’s first major city to run out of water. The crisis also exacerbates old divisions.
Deliver us from cholera
Recent Zambian governments and in particular the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) have a history of reaching out to Christianity to manage crises.
The Deportation Deal
Paul Kagame and Benjamin Netanyahu are enablers of each other’s worst behavior, whether providing cover for each other's domestic policies or how Israel treats African migrants and refugees.
The making of a film empire
The book 'Nollywood: The Making of a Film Empire' takes a journalistic approach to that industry without falling back on the bombast of most popular accounts.