The God of Colonization And Africa’s Post-Colonial Redemption
In discussing the politics of life across Africa, we cannot ignore religion. As Africans, our unique history of belief has made religion such an integrated part of our lives.
Culture & Society
Youth in South Sudan The Present Political Context
“To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter... Read More...
Religion Reinvented The Cult of Mao and Societal Change in China's Cultural Revolution
Despite having its culture being notably influenced by a wide variety of religious and philosophical thought, the modern-day People's Republic of China and its ... Read More...
The Spiritual Dimensions of Exile South Sudanese Refugees in Arua Town, Uganda
Much mainstream war reporting on African conflict has tended to invoke barbaric portrayals of those perpetrating violence on the one hand, and those displaced a... Read More...
Biafra and the Politics of Blame The Neo-Biafran Consciousness and Its Challenges
In recent years, there has been an upsurge in campaigns advocating for the recognition and reinstitution of a Biafran State. The demands have come from individu... Read More...
A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe
In 1998, Chinua Achebe, already by this time the father of modern African literature by several accounts, introduced himself with a joke.
Agitating the State Biafran Money, Memes and Mobility
In 2008, after his father died, Mr. Sylvester opened his father’s locked cupboard. It was full of Biafran money. Nearly forty years after the failed secession’s... Read More...
Biafra’s Crisis of Faith The Spiritual Legacies of the Biafran War
The flood of writing attending the fiftieth anniversary of the Nigerian Civil War has found a place for Biafra in many histories, ranging from the birth of poli... 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...
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...