“The sun never sets on the British empire.” The saying, commonly associated with the poet of empire, Rudyard Kipling, refers to the vastness of the British dominions—with territory in every time zone, it was always daylight somewhere the British ruled. An abbreviation of the phrase, “The Sun Never Sets,” is also the title of Canadian artist […]
The Paradise Papers are shedding light on the mechanics of how African leaders hide their incomes.
A conversation on books, borders, and belonging with Somali-American writer, Abdul Adan.
Who produced that $30 mug you bought at Cape Town International Airport on your way home?
There's no agreement, but the vibrant discussions and interventions by African scholars give much hope that something new is fermenting in African Studies.
On the morning of October 18th, I woke up to a message from a friend in Togo, West Africa: “Hello, Liza. For the past three days, the situation has not been going well in Togo following the removal of an opposition leader by the army in Sokode, a provincial capital in the North. Many deaths on both […]
Many white South Africans are doing all they can to maintain racial inequalities and white privilege. It's a recipe for disaster. Hopefully they get it before it’s too late.
Also meet the man who drove Malcolm X around in New York City and introduced him to Fidel Castro.
Rwanda’s president has long practiced a zero-sum political game in which he and his cronies are the primary winners.
Abdul Hakeem, in his 80s has lived in Morocco for over thirty two years, where he raised a family and runs two Aikido dojos.
In death, Fela Kuti is being rehabilitated by Nigeria's government. It may all be a false note.
Amilcar Cabral and the liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde from Portuguese colonialism.