Africa

When Will Africa Stop Funding The West? Examining the Impact of UK Immigration Policies on African Immigrants and the Historical Exploitation of the Continent

Anthonia OsonyeFebruary 9, 2024

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?

AfricaFebruary/March 2024

Bitter Canaans The False Equivalence of Liberia and Israel

Richard SolomonFebruary 8, 2024

Despite their similarities, to insist that Liberia and Israel are equivalent examples of diaspora settler colonialism, is flawed.

AfricaFebruary/March 2024Liberia

Our Favourite Books of 2023

Peace Yetunde OnafuyeDecember 24, 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.

AfricaDecember 23/January 24Read Something AfricanReading

We Need to Talk About the Nobel Prize Bias Why Are Black People Still Not Winning Nobel Prizes in the Sciences?

Kéchi Nne NomuDecember 2, 2023

Winning the Literature and Peace Nobel Prizes has been crucial to Black literature and resistance. But what does a history of omission in the other elusive categories mean?

AfricaDecember/January 2023

Eyeless in Gaza Locating Gaza’s Roads to Africa

Richard SolomonDecember 2, 2023

Polemics about Gaza often reflect Israel’s complex relationship to African anti-colonial struggles and Africans’ own dynamic relationship to Zionism and the Jewish people. Gaza, however, also highlights the enduring richness of Africa’s anti-colonial past in defining the terms of Palestinian struggle.

AfricaBest of 2023: EssaysDecember/January 2023

7 Books for Anyone Dealing With Grief and Loss

Peace Yetunde OnafuyeDecember 2, 2023

From poignant stories to insightful reflections, our book recommendations have the potential to provide comfort, encouragement, and a profound understanding of the complexities of grief and loss.

AfricaDecember/January 2023Read Something AfricanReading

Israel’s Uncertainty in Africa Explaining Africa’s Divided Views on Israel

Asher LubotzkyNovember 26, 2023

Israel’s ongoing siege on Gaza, which followed Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel, threatens to nullify several decades of concerted efforts from Israel to establish diplomatic ties with African nations.

AfricaOctober/November 2023

To Be in the World: Notes Against Forgetting A Case for New African Internationalist Politics

Joshua Segun-LeanNovember 26, 2023

Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine has unveiled and deepened ideological divides in debates about state power and the use of violence; ethnonationalism and the ‘right to exist’; mass mobilization and solidarities across difference. At the heart of these debates is a growing awareness of the limits of Western liberal democracy and a call for new vocabularies and frameworks for political action that echo and extend Black internationalist and Third-Worldism movements of the twentieth century.

AfricaBest of 2023: EssaysOctober/November 2023

7 Books to Read After Chinua Achebe’s The Trouble with Nigeria

Peace Yetunde OnafuyeNovember 19, 2023

In this curated recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books to read if you have read Chinua Achebe’s The Trouble with Nigeria. Our book recommendations delve into themes of bad leadership, corruption, and other socio-political issues across African countries such as Nigeria, Rwanda, Ghana, Senegal, and Kenya.

AfricaOctober/November 2023Read Something AfricanReading

Colonialism, Coups, and Development The Multifaceted Identity of Africa’s Recent Coups

Gbọ́láhàn AdébíyìNovember 11, 2023

The recent spate of coups in Africa signals that civil and democratic ideals have regressed on the continent. Yet, the coups also present an opportunity for African governments and regional blocs to recommit themselves to continental development & social welfare.

AfricaOctober/November 2023