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Out of the fire
Senegalese art historian El Hadji Malick Ndiaye on curating one of the two longest-serving biennales on the African continent. Susana Pilar before her performance in the ancien palais de justice....
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France? Nothing good comes of it
In France, the nationalist right wing is ascendant. This week on the AIAC podcast, we discuss the country’s upcoming legislative elections. Image credit Lorie Shaull via Flickr CC BY 2.0. On July 7,...
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The dreamer
As Africa’s first filmmakers made their unique steps in Africanizing cinema, few were as bold as Djibril Diop Mambéty who employed cinema to service his dreams. Still from "Touki Bouki."In the recent...
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How to avoid the sixth extinction
Since independence, Botswana has relied on its natural resources. But to secure its future, it needs to turn to its cultural heritage too. Ngamiland East, Botswana This post forms part of our series of...
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Chasing shadows
A docuseries about the Springbok rugby team invites us to examine the enduring legacy of Rainbowism in South Africa. Image credit Vaughan Leiberum via Flickr CC BY 2.0. In Chasing the Sun 2, the...
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Dear Mr Ruto
What does it benefit a man to gain a finance bill but lose his country? Swearing-In ceremony of H.E. William Samoei Ruto, September 14, 2022. Image courtesy of Government ZA on Flickr. On November 27,...
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How to defeat the right
The results of France's snap election show that there is an alternative to right-wing nihilism and business-as-usual centrism. Le Pen & Macron, French election posters 2017. Image credit Lorie...
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We are producing, they are eating
Nigeria's archives of revolutionary printmaking offers us insights into the dissident voices of the country's old left, which are surprisingly relevant today. Select covers of The Analyst. All images...
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More than Fela’s mum
Bolanle Austen-Peters' new biopic on Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti often feels too simple and safe. Behind the scenes of Funmilyao Ransome-Kuti. Image © Bolanle Austen-Peters production 2024. Published under...
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Edson in Accra
It happened in 1969. But just how did he world’s greatest, richest and most sought-after footballer at the time, end up in Ghana? Pelé in the Amsterdam Mariott, 1981. Image credit the Fotopersbureau De...
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Kenya’s third liberation movement
It's no longer just about the finance bill. Kenyans want fundamental change. Protestors gather on Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi, on June 24, 2024 © Onesmus Karanja. If the point of protest is to...
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Nairobi’s disastrous flood response
Days before mass protests broke out across Kenya, the national government enacted a mass, unjustified forced removal campaign across Nairobi. Image and videos by Onesmus Karanja © 2024. Kenya’s...
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The puzzle as propaganda
At the height of African decolonization, radical writers turned to interactive features like competitions and quizzes to engage their audiences. A puzzle from The African Review. Image courtesy Alex...
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The mad man
As he loses his grip on power, Kenya’s president is losing the plot. President William Ruto in Rwanda, April 2023. Image credit Paul Kagame via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Kenya has, for many years, been a...
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Speaking poetry to power
Amid the turmoil of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon, a unique group of individuals has emerged as powerful agents of change. PenBoy performs his Natives of the Universe album. Zoe Communications ©...
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Who dreams of sunrise?
Siddhartha Deb’s latest book asks readers to consider incarceration as both a metaphor and fact of life in India today. Kolkata on a rainy day. Photo by Dibakar Roy via Pexels CC. A dense tuft of smoke...
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Who are the Olympics for?
Beneath the image of togetherness, the world’s biggest athletic spectacle is still beset by discrimination and exclusion. Photo by Luca Dugaro on UnsplashOn Friday evening, the world’s attention will...
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The anti-extractivism of Mdou Moctar
'Funeral for Justice' is a bracing recording that blends the critical sensibility of Frantz Fanon with the melodies of a genre born from an ongoing liberation struggle. Mdou Moctar on tour in Europe....
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Not only kafala
Domestic workers in the Gulf typically face a double bind: as a foreign worker, you are governed by kafala laws, while as a female, you are governed by the male guardianship system. Photo by Abdullah...
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Ending our spectator citizenship
Anti-government protests have spread to Uganda, where ordinary people are tired of passively accepting elite misrule. Protesters being arrested by military police during the anticorruption protest in...
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