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A forgotten relic
Just two weeks on from Les Elephants greatest ever triumph, the Ivorian women’s national team is at its lowest point. The Ebimpe municipal pitches where Athletico Abidjan trains. Credit Alasdair...
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Yvonne Vera’s gardens
Tadiwa Madenga’s latest book offers us a biographical portrait of Zimbabwean author Yvonne Vera written through her love of plants, gardens and nature. Matopo National Park, Zimbabwe. Image credit...
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Nigeria’s elephants in the room
For Nigeria to return to the peak of African football, it needs deeper introspection about how the country functions today. Image credit Serg Stallone via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed. Nigeria’s...
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Kenya, Israel, and the Gaza genocide
Israel’s strategy of economic partnership and development support to Kenya is a bid to legitimize its ailing international reputation. Regional Summit on Counter Terrorism, Kampala, 2016. Image credit...
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The league of nations
If South Africa’s Premier Soccer league matters, it is because it’s the country’s most successful pan-Africanist project. Photo by Emilio Garcia on Unsplash. Bafana Bafana might have missed out on a...
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Who’s afraid of academic boycotts?
South Africa’s Wits University likes to vaunt its anti-apartheid credentials. So why is it cozy with Israel and Zionism? Palestine Solidarity vigil held in October 2023 near the Wits Health Sciences...
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Learning from Chile
Chile’s march to a progressive constitution and egalitarian transformation has stalled. What can movements in the Global South learn? Protests in Plaza Baquedano, Santiago, Chile, 2019. Image credit...
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Mandela for sale
Are Nelson Mandela's personal belongings sellable family heirlooms or heritage artifacts of national significance? Image credit Gerard Stolk via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 Deed. Among the almost 100 items up...
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Never again should be for anybody
South African writer, publisher and curator Zukiswa Wanner explains why she is surrendering her 2020 Goethe Medaille. People protest outside the German consulate in Cape Town on February 9 over the...
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Wagner’s war on civillians
In Mali, Wagner militias are terrorizing the Fula, Tamasheq (Tuareg), and Moura population. Kidal, Northern Mali, 2015. Image via UN Photo on Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed. The Sahel region is facing a...
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Unearthing indigenous knowledge
If savanna West Africa is a new corporate mining frontier in the 21st century, it's because it is also home to the world’s longest-standing indigenous gold mining economy. The goldminers of the...
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Imperialism in black face
Kenya’s plan to send 1,000 police officers to Haiti undermine's the country's fragile sovereignty. Kenyan Police officers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in 2016. Image...
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The life and work of Edward Webster
The life of Edward Webster, one of South Africa’s most distinguished sociologists, can be compared to a windmill—taking in the winds of change and turning them into a prodigious intellectual...
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Ecowexit?
Caught between pro-West loyalists and anti-West populists, West Africa’s regional bloc has come apart. Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, 2016. Image credit Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt for the US Army via Flickr...
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La femme fatale africaine
Africa Is a Country is partnering with AfroWave Echoes to present their quarterly playlist of African music. Miriam Makeba and Dizzy Gillespie. Image credit Roland Godefroy via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY...
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Keep eyes on Sudan
The indifference towards Sudan's suffering can be traced to a disturbing pattern deeply rooted in antiblackness. Darfuri Refugees in the Central African Republic, 2004. Image credit hdptcar via Flickr...
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Being young and African in elite America
A new film follows the lives of four African students at MIT, where youthful idealism gets tested by the realities of American racism and inequality. Still from Brief Tender Light © 2023. Arthur...
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The affective politics of AFCON
This year’s AFCON in Côte d'Ivoire showed that it’s not just the politics of the football that matters, but the politics of the vibe as well. Image credit Monnivhoir Aymar Kouamé via Pexels. The dust...
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The new antisemitism?
Stripped of its veneer of nuance, Noah Feldman’s essay in 'Time' is another attempt to silence opponents of the Israeli state by smearing them as anti-Jewish racists. Israel-Palestine protest march,...
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Climate as border
Although little evidence suggests a direct link between climate change and mass migration, Europe is using “climate migration” to militarize its borders. Refugees on a boat crossing the Mediterranean...
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