• Maher Mezahi

Our host of the African Five-a-Side podcast kicks off his coverage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d'Ivoire.

• Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda

The little-known history of Iranian cinema uncovers its overlooked history of slavery and anti-blackness.

• Kelechi Anabaraonye

While some streets in Lagos bear the names of notable nationalist leaders and pioneering early Nigerians, less is known about the everyday social milieu in which they operated.

• Maher Mezahi

On the this week's episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, we head to Zambia to name our final starter, an African president who actually liked football.

• Khanya Mtshali

The release of 'Renaissance' in Israel has spelled the end of informed indifference when it comes to Beyoncé and other stars who choose to do business with the apartheid regime.

• Brian Kamanzi

Load-shedding, deepening privatization, and unaffordable electricity makes it difficult to imagine a pivot away from the neoliberal approach to South Africa’s climate crisis.

• Portia Zvavahera

The vivid imagery of Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera touches powerfully on themes such as womanhood, religion and spirituality.

• Maher Mezahi

In this week's episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, we delve into how Guinea's first president, and our midfield destroyer, said "No" to France and "Yes" to football.

• Priscilla Marques Campos

The 1959 Pidjiguiti Massacre served as an important historical marker in the curriculum of the anticolonial resistance in Guinea-Bissau.

• Ahmed S. Ibrahim

In Somalia, poets are considered organic public intellectuals.

• Jörg Wiegratz
• J. Simon Rofe

Sports on the continent are being commercialized at a rapid rate. What’s driving it?

• Daniel Hammett
• Laura S. Martin
• Izuu Nwankwọ

What is the relationship between humor and politics in Africa?

• Afolabi Adekaiyaoja

Africa’s biggest spectacle is happening soon. What does it take to host the African Cup of Nations?

• Adam Yawe

In Nairobi, skateboarding provides an alternative space where consumption is not a prerequisite for entry.

• Anthony Fish Hodgson

In 1987, a band led by a group of South African Jewish brothers released a song against apartheid repression. Today, its lyrics speak to conditions in Palestine as well.

• Maher Mezahi

The African Five-a side podcast continues to explore the stories of five African heads of state and their influence on football. This week, we introduce our striker.

• Brooks Marmon

A new film about American civil rights icon Bayard Rustin overlooks his later conservative turn, evident in his attitudes to anticolonial resistance in Africa.

• Maher Mezahi

This week on the African Five-a-side podcast, we take a look at the kick off of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

• Sharon Tshipa

Environmental protection is deeply-held practice in African spirituality. What happens when it is re-shaped by Christianity and capitalism?

• Ismay Milford

How an experimental periodical led by an individual editor thrived in Nasserist Cairo even though it never joined the canon of revolutionary print.