#TDVFridayRecommends: Fireboy takes listeners on a journey in his new album...
If you have not heard of Fireboy DML, where have you been? The Nigerian singer-songwriter has been setting the airwaves and dance floors ablaze...
Mozambican farmers fight plan to turn savannah into soybean farm
Mozambican farmers and activists are fighting back against a much-touted plan to turn large tracts of savannah into soya bean farms, to supply feedstock...
Kenyans wear miniskirts to protest woman’s assault over clothing choice [VIDEO]
Last week, a video of a Kenyan woman being attacked by a group of men went viral on social media. The footage shows the...
The Other Universals Project: exploring the body as a source of...
The Other Universals Project aims to bring together scholars from all over the world to interrogate the question of oppression and discrimination by focusing on the views...
Med students at University of Zimbabwe evicted for protesting 100% fee...
Hundreds of protesting medical students brought the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) to a standstill last week as they demonstrated against a fee hike that...
Zimbabweans in South Africa are gathering support for #ThisFlag
On Thursday, hundreds of Zimbabwean and South African citizens marched to the Zimbabwean embassy in solidarity with the #ThisFlag protests and to hand over...
It’s time African lawmakers ditched their colonial wigs
We love to talk decolonisation in Africa and yet somehow we managed to miss the fact that in several African countries, lawyers and judges...
The Zimbabwe crisis: how universities are helping Zim students cope
Over the past two days, Zimbabwe’s political future has taken a sudden turn. Military vehicles drove into the capital Harare with orders from General...
Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir Deposed: What Next?
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After almost 30 years in power, Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir was ousted and arrested by the army on April 11. This came after about five...
Young Joburgers say it is time for Mugabe to resign
Zimbabwe’s ongoing crisis has deepened following a televised, national address on Sunday night by President Robert Mugabe where he failed to announce his resignation...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s young children are facing a developmental crisis
It's well established that when children have access to high quality early childhood development (ECD), they are more likely to break the cycle of...
DRC: Unity Governments Have Failed In Africa Before
The fate of the next president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hangs in the balance. The disputed election results - released after...
This young engineer’s inspiring journey to Davos
Zimbabwean-born young female engineer Shamiso Kumbirai, 28, Â is one of the South Africans who will be departing to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic...
Central African Republic: Africa’s forgotten conflict
A year ago, South Africa couldn't turn its eyes away from the Central African Republic (CAR). Fourteen of our soldiers had been killed as...
Those who are against decolonisation are white supremacists
We are living in a society that is deeply divided on racial issues, decolonisation being one of them. The reality of the decolonisation debate,...
Here’s How Plastic Is Destroying Our Ocean
On June 5th, World Environment Day was celebrated. It marks the day on which the United Nations (UN) uses to encourage awareness and action...
Film Festival Veteran Soheir Abdel Kader On Pan-African Filmmaking
Soheir Abdel Kader is an Egyptian film festival expert. Among her many career accomplishments and designations, she is the founder and president of both...
After Mugabe: Do I dare to hope, as a Ugandan?
Following the ousting of Robert Mugabe's 37-year regime through a military coup by General Constantino Chiwenga, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, leader of Uganda since 1986,...
Zimbabwe: How A Fuel Price Hike Sparked A National Shutdown
For the past three days Zimbabweans have filled the streets of Harare and Bulawayo in protest of a sharp fuel increase, which is the...
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and...
As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” I’m particularly excited about the...
