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No scrubs
Why are Kenya’s doctor’s on strike? Photo by JC Gellidon on Unsplash. The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) recently called for an industrial action among its members,...
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When we say apartheid
We need to envisage a future where colonial privileges between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean sea are completely dismantled. Photo by Ash Hayes on Unsplash. I belong there. I have many...
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Is the UN system still relevant?
We are failing every day to force a ceasefire and stop the genocide. But failure is not an option. We must refocus this moment. UN Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland. Image credit John Samuel via...
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More than just victims
To see Kaouther Ben Hania’s latest film as condoning the West’s orientalism is to to ignore the agency of the women in it. Still from Four Daughters. Image credit Kino Lorber. There’s a scene in...
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Kwame Nkrumah today
New documents looking at British and American involvement in overthrowing Kwame Nkrumah give us pause to reflect on his legacy, and its resonances today. Arrival of President Kwama Nkrumah, to the...
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Buying back our things
One man’s mission to reclaim Somali material culture. Silver Amulet (Xirsi, Qardhaas), early twentieth century. All images courtesy Aziz Faarah © 2024. In the colonial imaginary, material culture is...
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Born free?
South Africa, thirty-years after 1994. Jubilant crowds listening to the speech of President Nelson Mandela May 10, 1994. Image credit Sattleberger for UN Photo via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed. Ernest...
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The two religions of Tanzania
Dar Es Salaam’s Kariakoo derby is fast becoming the continent’s biggest. Image credit Alasdair Howorth © 2024. They say in Tanzania there are two religions. The two faiths that divide families, run...
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The Mogadishu analogy
In Gaza and Haiti, the specter of another Mogadishu is being raised to alert on-lookers and policymakers of unfolding tragedies. But we have to be careful when making comparisons. Mogadishu fishing...
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Is the war on Gaza a genocide?
From Namibia to Armenia, and from Rwanda to Bosnia, the perpetrators of mass murder said they were acting in self-defense. Image credit the Catholic Church of England and Wales via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND...
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The aesthetics of nostalgia
Looking back at 20 years of research-based practice in Ghana, Jesse Weaver Shipley’s latest exhibition blurs the distinction between political rebels and artists. Mohammed Ben Abdallah from Anatomy of...
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Writing while black
Percival Everett's novel ‘Erasure’ raised questions about Black middle-class complicity in commodifying the traumas of Black working-class lives, but the film adaptation leaves little room to explore...
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Seria a guerra em Gaza um genocídio?
Da Namíbia até a Armênia, e de Ruanda à Bósnia, os perpetradores de assassinato em massa afirmam estar agindo em legítima defesa. Gaza, 2009. Crédito da imagen Marius Arnesen via Flickr CC BY-SA 3.0 NO...
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Untangling the roots of Empire
The coterie of billionaires and foreign aid agencies intent on transforming African agriculture have mostly upturned people’s lives. On field drone demonstrations at the Kpong irrigation scheme in...
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Between woman and nation
The government of the youngest president in Senegal’s history already seems to embody retrograde views about women. Photo by david ndao on Unsplash. The election of Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye as...
View ArticleA sojourn in Sharjah
The United Arab Emirates generally evokes images of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, massive wonderlands of artifice
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Mosque diplomacy
In North Africa, religion is being used to spread political and cultural influence. Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco. Image credit Jorge Láscar via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Deed. In a grand ceremony on...
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An unfinished project
Christian theology was appropriated to play an integral role in the justifying apartheid’s racist ideology. Black theologians resisted through a theology of the oppressed. Photo by Mart Production via...
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Reaching for life
In Sudan, the focus must remain on supporting the Sudanese people’s aspirations for peace, stability, and democratic governance. Photo by ammar nassir on UnsplashAlthough the fighting in Sudan may not...
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Beware of false prophets
Is the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake really devoid of politics? Kendrick Lamar performs at the Glastonbury Festival, 2022. Image credit Joseph Okpako for WireImage, posted under Fair Use. By...
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