ECOWAS Needs to Have a Face
The renewed case for stronger economic integration within ECOWAS.
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Africa
African Philosophy Cannot Be a Thing
We must be careful in our attempt to define African philosophy conceptually. Because to define it is to limit it—and to limit it is to conserve it.
Haile Selassie I and Pan-African Diplomacy
Perhaps a latecomer to pan-African ideology, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I was nevertheless unique in his contribution to pan-Africanism. He urged all those working for a united global Africa to consider pan-Africanism as not an end unto itself, but an indispensable means toward a broader horizon of a new humanity free from imperialism and exploitation.
A Sahel-less ECOWAS
The announcement by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger of their exit from ECOWAS, 24 years after Mauritania’s exit in 2000, threatens to de-Sahelize the regional bloc. It marks more fundamental problems associated with spatial inequality and its influence in West African national and regional politics that are yet to be addressed head on.
Afro-complicity in the United Nations ‘They Are Not a Part of Us’
What Robert A. Wood, Ralph Bunche and Linda Thomas-Greenfield represent is known in the discourse of African ontology as Black complicity—Afro-complicity, if you please. This is a distinct kind of complicity reified when a Black person tries to dispel racist oppressive hegemonic constructs but due to his inability to be critical of the underlying subtleties of Black stereotypes, he ends up becoming the instrument for its advancement.
Locating Ourselves after Colonialism A Postcolonial and Decolonial Discourse for Twenty-First Century Africa
Colonialism shaped, is shaping and, as it appears, will continue to shape the realities of Africa. As a postcolony, Africa is still searching for identity, rediscovering itself and finding creative ways to speak and be heard void of Western-produced knowledge—but, can Africa escape the neocolonial machine?
What is African Philosophy? Let’s Talk About an Unpopular, Most Times Misunderstood Idea
Is it History? Literature? Both and some more? Academics cannot seem to decide.
When Will Africa Stop Funding The West? Examining the Impact of UK Immigration Policies on African Immigrants and the Historical Exploitation of the Continent
While Africans toiled and suffered under colonialism, the West prospered, leaving a debt that is yet to be reconciled. With new Western policies geared towards exploiting Africans, it raises the question: Have they forgotten that they owe us?
Bitter Canaans The False Equivalence of Liberia and Israel
Despite their similarities, to insist that Liberia and Israel are equivalent examples of diaspora settler colonialism, is flawed.
Our Favourite Books of 2023
2023 has been an interesting year for African literature. As we continue to dive into works that explore the African and Black experience, here are our favourite books of 2023.