Multimodal memories
Exile and memory from East Africa to the United Kingdom and back again.
Exile and memory from East Africa to the United Kingdom and back again.
Live TV broadcasts of political rallies, funerals and press conferences, may be more decisive than social media in shaping mass debate in South Africa.
Comics have power, especially over the young, and perhaps more than we care to acknowledge.
Africa is apparently hot in Hollywood, but can Hollywood be trusted with African stories?
In contrast to renewed fears in the west over Russian expansionism in Africa, Russia's increased presence on the continent is mostly about pursuing lucrative business opportunities.
Combating Zionism requires a vision that pays no credence to ethno-nationalism. As the world reconsiders the one-state solution, South Africa should lead the way.
Omoyele Sowore was the presidential hope of Nigeria's more active left. He fared abysmally. What next for progressive electoral politics in Nigeria?
The 1973 dystopian apocalyptic French novel that inspires today's violent white, rightwing populism.
The moral drama of the Israeli occupation plays out at a South African school.
An US congressional delegation to Eritrea—the first in 14 years—which included Ilhan Omar, got little attention in mainstream media. Why?
The involvement of far right and conservative think tanks in developing Trump's Africa agenda.
The connections between technocratic development policies, neocolonialism, colonial denialism and the turn to the right in German public discourse.
Africa, for Donald Trump and his National Security Advisor John Bolton, is a place to risk a little and chase some glory. US media just parrots it.
South Africa’s most famous monarch holds fast to power and prestige at no cost to himself.
The future looks terrifying for many US-based exiles from Mauritania—facing deportation to Africa's modern "slave nation" under Trump's monstrous ICE.
In the age of renewed tyranny and illiberalism, diverse political repertoires and modes of struggle from the continent of Africa offer inspiration.
What does the election of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro mean for Brazilians of African descent?
In Ghana, political leaders, religious leaders and leading rappers all have one thing in common: internalized anti-blackness.
Who gets to host future editions of the men's soccer World Cup is not just big business, but also a bargaining chip in international relations.
South Africa's white nationalists are finally in the spotlight, thanks to Donald Trump. Nobody likes what they see.