Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives
When another headline reads that more bodies have drowned in the Mediterranean, the emotional labour of going through more narratives of black bodies sinking to... Read More...
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June/July 2017
The Politics of Compassion US Immigration Policy and the Conflicted American Archetype
In 1958, as a senator in the United States, John F. Kennedy published the book, A Nation of Immigrants. His brother, Robert F. Kennedy, who later became Attorne... Read More...
Destination 中国 Unravelling Nigerian Migrations to China
Since the 1990s, migration in the West has been going through a process of politicization, in part due to the geopolitical shifts that occurred after the fall o... Read More...
Trade Not Aid Revisiting Obama's Legacy in Africa
Barack Obama’s election as the first black President of the United States was greeted with tremendous fervour and hope across the globe, especially within sub-S... Read More...
A Union Jacked The Fate of Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain
In 1851, at the height of colonialism, London held what is now widely regarded as the first “Great Exhibition”. Within a giant iron and glass structure, known a... Read More...
The Evolution of the Base Nation How the US Military Lost Its International Appeal
The United States is the preponderant military power in the world today, with unparalleled capacity to act militarily anywhere in the world. The end o... Read More...
Africa’s Stake in Brexit Preparing for the Inevitable
As Britain focuses on what its relationship with the European Union might look like once it leaves the bloc, sometime during 2019, the rest of the world is alre... Read More...
Where are African Victims? In the Emerging Working Class Anti-Globalization Discourse
In the aftermath of the last US presidential election, I have been trying to re-understand America, a country that I have adopted as my own. Shocked and humbled... Read More...
Eritrean Identity and Migration Discourse as Shaped by Indefinite National Service and Education Reforms
To escape the authoritarian government under President Isaias Afwerki, evade forced conscription, and/or find economic opportunities, an estimated 5,0... Read More...
Capitalism Central A History of Lagos and Migration
Few issues have raised more global concern in recent time than the issue of migration—the movement of people and goods within and across borders. Migration tren... Read More...