Politics & Opinion - ZAM

The Birthday Party, 2021. Oil, ink and Xerox transfer on linen, 150 x 200 cm. Collection of the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Copyright Esiri Erhierne-Essi. Courtesy Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam

Details: By Songezo Zibi; Politics & Opinion; 02 October 2023

September 12 marked 46 years since Stephen Bantu Biko was beaten and murdered by the police under the apartheid government. The murder only served to amplify his stature, historical significance and message.

Buthelezi in 1983 at Schiphol Airport. Photo via WikiCommons and Nationaal Archief

Details: By Jill E. Kelly and Liz Timbs; Politics & Opinion; 11 September 2023

Former African Presidents: H.E. Koroma (Sierra Leone), H.E. Kikwete (Tanzania), H.E. Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique) and former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn during Elders’ Retreat in Arusha. Photo Roba D Sharamo (@Drsharamo) via X (former Twitter).

Details: By Emmanuel Mutaizibwa; Politics & Opinion; 21 August 2023

Details: By Press Release; Politics & Opinion; 16 August 2023

Ethiopia

Tunisia. Image credit xingtu via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0.

Details: By Shreya Parikh; Politics & Opinion; 17 July 2023

Commuters in Abuja pass a wall covered in election posters. Photo by Dawali David

Details: By Femke van Zeijl; Politics & Opinion; 11 May 2023

The Africa Road Tunnel near the Khartoum International Airport. Photo by Mohammed Abdelmoneim Hashim, (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Details: By Bram Vermeulen; Politics & Opinion; 01 May 2023

Credit: Zeb Ngobese

Details: By ZAM Reporter; Politics & Opinion; 17 April 2023

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni

Details: By ZAM Reporter; Politics & Opinion; 12 April 2023

Details: By Josephine Trilling and Leonard Cortana; Politics & Opinion; 20 March 2023

Demo in support of Uganda’s LGBT community, London 2018. Courtesy: Alisdare Hickson/ African Arguments

Details: By Kristof Titeca; Politics & Opinion; 13 March 2023

Performance by Sites of Memory during the ZAM Nelson Mandela Lecture cultural programme. © Elzo Bonam

Details: By ZAM; Politics & Opinion; 02 March 2023

We proudly present the full registration of the speeches delivered by Marcus Tebogo Desando, Panashe Chigumadzi and Jerry Afriyie and the performances by Sites of Memory, Ntjam Rosie and the Soweto Skeleton Movers.

The statue of Louis Faidherbe in St Louis, Senegal. Image via NdarInfo

Details: By Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; Politics & Opinion; 28 February 2023

Lolldaiga Hills, visible from Irene Kipsuge’s home. Irene’s nephew was working for the British army when he died. Photo by Phil Miller/DCUK

Details: By Phil Miller/DeclassifiedUK; Politics & Opinion; 19 December 2022

Lemekani's mother in black (centre) is being consoled by other mourners at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. Photo by Linda Soko-Tembo

Details: By Pamela Mutale Kapekele; Politics & Opinion; 15 December 2022

Details: By Babah Tarawally; Politics & Opinion; 06 December 2022

Marcia Luyten in conversation with filmmaker Christopher Sharp and Bobi in Koninklijk Theater Carré in Amsterdam. Source: Twitter

Details: By ZAM Reporter; Politics & Opinion; 21 November 2022

Details: By ZAM Reporter; Politics & Opinion; 16 November 2022

Mau Mau fighters in a parade after Kenya attained political independence. Picture credit: Daily Nation

Details: By Bram Vermeulen; Politics & Opinion; 14 September 2022

Detail of a photo of Lilian Ngoyi making a speech in 1960. Azola Daniel/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Details: By Martha Evans; Politics & Opinion; 22 August 2022

South Africa

The University of Cape Town’s Jagger Library, which housed thousands of theses, artworks, and precious documents, after it was gutted by a fire in April 2021. Archive photo by Ashraf Hendricks

Details: By Daniel Steyn/GroundUp; Politics & Opinion; 19 July 2022

Illustration by Anastasya Eliseeva/New Frame. The Afrikaans Taalmonument is pictured in the background.

Details: By ZAM Reporter; Politics & Opinion; 22 June 2022

Details: By Christine Mungai; Politics & Opinion; 16 May 2022

Portrait of Peter Mutasa. Photo: Peter Hermes

Details: By Bart Luirink; Politics & Opinion; 19 April 2022

Tsepo's grandmother Joyce Mashishi (left), and his mother, Catherine Ndhlovu (center) are pictured with Catherine Sserumula (right), the tavern owner who witnessed his killing. The picture was taken at Groenvlei farm by Evelyn Groenink in February 2020.

Details: By Evelyn Groenink; Politics & Opinion; 08 April 2022

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