The struggle for freedom of expression is key to the outstanding work of this Zimbabwean novelist, poet, play write and filmmaker.
12/01/2021
At its 446th birthday, Leiden University (Netherlands) will honour a great fighter for justice and self-determination.
12/01/2021
The hashtag #EndSARS has generated a lot of support on Twitter. Who were the people that joined the online protests?
21/12/2020
Stilspraak is een rijk geïllustreerde en fraai uitgevoerde monografie over het werk van de internationaal gerenommeerde Zuid-Afrikaanse landkunstenaar Strijdom van der Merwe.
18/12/2020
Stilspraak is a richly illustrated and beautifully executed monograph on the work of the internationally renowned South African artist Strijdom van der Merwe.
18/12/2020
Fidelia Onoghaife was the senior policy advisor at the Dutch embassy in Nigeria. She was recently dismissed after reporting her boss for leaking sensitive information to Shell about a large corruption investigation.
07/12/2020
In the past, black portraiture has tended towards fanciful depictions that have little semblance to the lived experiences of Black and Brown bodies, from the African continent and beyond.
02/12/2020
30 philosophers challenging the traditional western canon.
02/12/2020
After his victory in 2016, President Akufo-Addo announced that he would clean government. But when the main corruption fighter came too close, he was sent on leave.
02/12/2020
Exploitation and imagination in the works of this year’s principal winner of the Prince Claus Award.
02/12/2020
Nok terracottas are proof that an ancient civilisation once existed in Nigeria. Now they are at the centre of a multi-million dollar, globe-spanning underground industry. Nigeria loses out.
24/11/2020
We are standing in solidarity with African changemakers. Highlighting their stories and insights. Building a world beyond them and us. Join the movement!
23/11/2020
Michael Schmidt’s Death Flights uncovers one of the darkest chapters of Apartheid oppression.
18/11/2020
The #Jerusalemadancechallenge will enter history as the global COVID-19 crisis’ unprecedented, contemporary African-inspired symbol of hope. Yet the Angolan origins of this viral trend, and the reason behind Jerusalema’s explosive popularity, are barely touched upon by the international media.
10/11/2020
The million dollar deals between President Paul Biya and American PR companies
02/11/2020
Why are Africans not dying?
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If the coronavirus has taught us anything, it is that not even a pandemic can erase the inherent racism in the Western media and in humanitarian organisations.
02/11/2020
I am in the back of a taxi. Approaching a police checkpoint, my eye catches the phrase #Maskup on a billboard towering above the chaotic street in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.
29/10/2020
What happens when governmental tasks like detention and rehabilitation are taken over by uncontrolled international corporations?
19/10/2020
Inside a Nigerian queer community safe house.
19/10/2020
Tales of a salt farmer and a people reinventing and adapting through coronavirus have caught the eye of this year's Ugandan and Kenyan winners.
19/10/2020