Nigeria | Journalism’s impact on lead-poisoned community
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- By ZAM reporter
- Investigations
Exploitation and carbon credits
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- By ZAM Reporter
- Investigations
In the documentary Carbon Colony, journalist Martin Siele, working with ZAM publishing partner Africa Uncensored, reveals how Kenyan elites orchestrated an illegal land grab spanning thousands of hectares belonging to the Ol Donyo Nyokie Community Ranch under the guise of a carbon project.
South Africa and Amsterdam | Simphiwe Ndzube
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- By Thembinkosi Goniwe
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South African artist Simphiwe Ndzube, the new Thami Mnyele Resident in Amsterdam, builds on magical realism, a tradition of writers and storytellers “who do not distinguish between reality and fantasy, or between the imagined and spirituality, particularly in the context of post-apartheid South Africa.”
Kenya | The graves of the Kikuyu who were burned alive in Kiambaa are nowhere to be seen
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- By Marnix de Bruyne
- Politics & Opinion
During the ethnic violence in Kenya in 2008, the church in Kiambaa became a symbol of the horror that shook the country. Kikuyu who had sought refuge there were killed on New Year’s Day when Kalenjin youths set the building alight.
Elegy | When Mourning Is Put on Trial
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- By Heidi Thembeka Sincuba
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There are disputes about art. And then there are disputes that expose the nervous system of an entire democracy. The case before the High Court of South Africa, Goliath and Others v Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture and Others...
Editorial February 2026 | Europe’s equal partners
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- By ZAM Reporter
- Politics & Opinion
The word ‘equal’, often followed by ‘partner’ or ‘relationship’, or simply used as ‘equality’, appears 68 times in the Netherlands’ Africa Strategy document. This paper, in which “shared challenges, such as security and migration, while promoting investment” are the most prominent points, was launched in 2023 and is intended to guide Dutch dealings with the African continent over the next decade...
Kenya | How to colonise in the 21st century
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- By Martin Siele/Africa Uncensored
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On April 30th 2025, Maasai youth disrupted the signing of a carbon offsetting project agreement in Kajiado county, Kenya. On the face of it, they had simply rejected a controversial carbon project.
En wat vindt Periwinkle van Okorafor?
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- By Wim Bossema
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Nnedi Okorafor heeft een mooie eigen website. Daarop zijn de omslagen van al haar werk te zien: fantasy romans, stripverhalen, kinderboeken, Death of the Author, en meer. Verder een hele collectie 'headshots' in de afdeling media kit.
Op zoek naar achtergronden bij Nnedi Okorafor en haar nieuwe roman Death of the Author. Rondneuzen op haar fraaie website en in haar stripboeken.
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama heads ArtReview’s Power 100
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- By ZAM Reporter
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In December 2025, ArtReview’s Power 100 for 2025 named Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, celebrated for his textile installations and community-focused art, as the list’s most influential figure.
Africa | The growing force of investigative journalism
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- By Evelyn Groenink
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They have often had to survive on very little, faced threats both physical and legal, been routinely slandered in online campaigns orchestrated by the powerful, and sometimes forced to work undercover or from exile, but they enter 2026 smiling.
Prix de Rome 2025 features finalists born in Africa and Curaçao
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- By ZAM Reporter
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That two of the four nominated artists for the prestigious Prix de Rome have African backgrounds is as remarkable as it is self-evident. A growing number of African-born artists are contributing to the rich diversity of the Dutch artistic landscape today, often with great success.
Burundi | A “Garden of Eden” where everyone wants to leave
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- By Burundi reporter
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Burundi’s new capital, the showcase city of Gitega, is dressed to the nines, celebrating itself — in the words of the president — as a “Garden of Eden”. Yet behind this façade lie deep-seated economic and political crises.
Amsterdam | Where clouds and spirits meet
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- By ZAM Reporter
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There was certainly no more fitting location than the ship-like Keizersgrachtkerk in Amsterdam to host South African poet Julia-Beth Harris’s recent performance, Where the Clouds Gather. Evoking both the stormy...
