‘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...
Cameroon: Calls For UN Investigation Into Human Rights Abuses
Ongoing violence in the Southwest and Northwest Regions of Cameroon continues. A refugee crisis threatens. The United Nations (UN) refugee agency reported more than...
Why we shouldn’t panic about South Africa’s WHO plague assessment
The World Health Organisation (WHO) identified South Africa as a “priority country†for bubonic plague preparedness. But there’s no reason for panic. Warnings like...
Violent military crackdowns in Anglophone Cameroon are creating a refugee crisis
On Monday, Paul Biya, the president of the Republic of Cameroon celebrated 35 years in power. But the people of the English-speaking regions of...
Arrest of two South African lawyers in Tanzania “an intimidation tactic”
The Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) says that two of its lawyers who were arrested last week for "promoting homosexuality" in Tanzania...
A week after deathly mudslides, Sierra Leone is battling to recover
The disastrous mudslides in Sierra Leone this month are one of the worst natural disasters to ever take place in Africa. At least 500...
Egypt’s Failed Arab Spring Revolution: A Warning For Zimbabwe
The dramatic military coup in Zimbabwe last week indicates that President Robert Mugabe's days are numbered. Despite his claims otherwise on national television, there...
Emmanuel Macron can’t seem to stop his Africa gaffes
French President Emmanuel Macron seems determined to carry on the proud tradition of Western leaders making the worst comments about the people of Africa,...
Oh, the places you can go as a South African with...
We're used to visas being stickers in your passport that you get after you've sent it away to an embassy for a bit, or...
Access to healthcare remains a challenge for migrant mothers and children...
As vulnerable migrants and undocumented people continue to face serious difficulties in accessing maternal and child healthcare in Gauteng hospitals, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)...
A letter from Zimbabwe after Bob’s birthday bash
Ever since I was young, I’d always wanted to attend one of President Robert Mugabe’s birthday parties. At school, the headmaster would call out...
The people of Togo are fighting back against despotism
Protests have erupted recently in Togo. The protests started up in September and have continued into this month. People are unhappy with the current...
What the Zimbabwe crisis means for South Africa
With the ongoing coup playing out in Zimbabwe, what could this mean for South Africa as a neighbour state and Zimbabwe’s biggest trading partner?
Zimbabwe's...
Sub-Saharan migrants traded like merchandise in Libya
Black bodies are being traded at auctions in Libya, and the world has been slow to respond. It’s become such a part of Libyan...
What it means to practise sustainable tourism (in Morocco)
As more countries open and are eagerly welcoming back tourists, sustainable tourism is a good life change to make. Whether it’s travelling within a...
Arsenal FC And Rwanda: An Unlikely Pairing
On Wednesday, Arsenal Football Club announced that the marketing agency Rwanda Development Board, through its subsidiary the Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB), would be the...
South Africans failed to show up for the #LibyanSlaveTrade march
On Tuesday, Africans from across the continent gathered in Pretoria to march to the Union Buildings calling for action against the slave trade in...
Beau Blaise: The peacebroker or warmonger of Burkina Faso?
Over the past decade, France, in furtherance of its neo-colonial aspirations in West Africa, has portrayed Blaise Compaore, the recently-deposed president of Burkina Faso,...
Sudan: New Protests Planned For June 30
After weeks of intermittent violence, talks between the protestors and the transitional military council (TMC) in Sudan have seemed to have stalled once again....
Black Panther’s Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira on Woman Leadership in...
Last week Friday, February 16, was the South African premiere of Marvel’s Black Panther. Actors Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o were in attendance Monte...
