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When a star dies
On the tragic death of 24-year-old marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum.This post is part of the series “Critical Perspectives on Sports in Africa.”Whentop-performing athletes die, their deaths are...
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Not an obvious hero
In a new film, former UN- Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld is portrayed as a defender of a fledgling postcolonial state. But his role in the Congo Crisis is more complicated. Still from Hammarskjöld...
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Food wars
The theft dispute between Onezwa Mbola and Nara Smith reveals the consumerist undertones behind content for women in the online creative economy. Image credit Telly Mina via Pexels,/a>. For the last...
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The keyboard warriors are winning
Digital activism is playing a significant role in amplifying the impact of the #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #RutoMustGo protests, but how effective can it ultimately be? Nairobi skyline. Image credit S...
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Pretty girl from Soweto
In South Africa, a popular beauty contest is revealing the specter of ultranationalism and anti-blackness. Image via Chidimma Adetshina on Instagram. “They never had a pretty girl from Joburg, see me...
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Rolling with the punches
Removed from the facts, the firestorm around Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is the latest attempt by the right-wing in the West to find fodder for its culture war. Algeria's Imane Khelif (in red) and...
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Rooting for everybody black
The Olympics, with its provocative patriotism, are the perfect forum for using a broader diasporic focus to push back against hypernationalism. Photo by Solen Feyissa on UnsplashAs any sports fan...
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Resisting the new green colonialism
A proposed green hydrogen project in Tunisia prioritizes European energy needs over local sovereignty. Photo by sirine kh on UnsplashIn recent months, discussions about green hydrogen in Tunisia have...
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Spectacles of incompetence
Given his track record of sowing division and making empty promises, South Africans should be wary of treating its new Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture as a lovable buffoon. Image from Gayton...
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The mirage of progress in women’s football
Select success stories obscure the intentional underdevelopment of women’s football in Africa. Photo by Donnycocacola on Unsplash. Over the past couple of years, women’s sports have become more visible...
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Reading List: Mara Kardas-Nelson
How did microfinance become a craze championed by bleeding-heart progressives to Global South economists, American presidents, and business executives? Image credit Jan Chipchase CC BY-SA 3.0. I wrote...
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The serious side of funny business
Nigerian comedians are getting political. Photo by Ilyass SEDDOUG on Unsplash“Whoever can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” Nigerian comic, Dexmond quotes the French...
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Zau is a mirror
Inspired by a tapestry of Bantu folk stories, the video game 'Tales of Kenzera: Zau' is rich with mythology that many Africans know as our heritage. Screenshot from Tales of Kenzera: Zau© 2024. Since...
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On Safari
On our annual publishing break, we ask: if the opposite of “weird” is normal, what if normal is equally problematic? A performer descends during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. Credit David...
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L’impérialisme ne localise pas
En 1973, Josie Fanon a interviewé Oliver Tambo, alors président de l’ANC, à propos d’Israël et de l’apartheid en Afrique du Sud. Il est désormais disponible pour la première fois depuis sa publication...
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Imperialism does not localize
In 1973, Josie Fanon interviewed then-ANC president Oliver Tambo about Israel and apartheid South Africa. Originally printed in French, it is now available in English for the first time. Palestine...
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De Naïja à Abidjan
Un pays est anglophone et l’autre est francophone. Quoi qu'il en soit, entre 1 et 4 millions de personnes d'origine nigériane vivent aujourd'hui en Côte d'Ivoire. Adjamé market, Abidjan. Image credit...
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From Naija to Abidjan
One country is Anglophone, and the other is Francophone. Still, there are between 1 to 4 million people of Nigerian descent living in Côte d'Ivoire today. Adjamé district, Abidjan. Image credit Cyprien...
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The dangers of white totalitarianism
Why is the US ultra-right turning to Rhodesia as their model for a white supremacist state? Air Rhodesia Vickers Viscount VP-YND at Bulawayo in the early 1970s. Image via Veteran Rhodie on Flickr CC...
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The freedom to move
Hiking as Kenyans in Kenya is pathbreaking, both literally and metaphorically. View of Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash. In late May, we were among...
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