African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can expect to be stonewalled by former colonial powers, most of which have ruled out ...

Photo courtesy of FT The Galle Literary Festival took place in the heart of Galle’s fort, inviting diverse voices in poetry ...

In recent years, young Rwandans have been part of a decolonial movement, whether consciously or not. Some of the most visible expressions of this can be seen in fashion, where the suit and tie are ...

Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

Doesn’t it feel strange to have a US President again? After four years of creeping senility under Joe Biden, and an administration organised around its concealment, the free world suddenly has its ...

Rural violence is a huge problem in South Africa that deserves a strong response. But white people are not the only ...

Africa’s prospects for this year are dim, owing to the resurgence of warlordism and the continued weakness of regional ...

For countries trying to flee the haunting shadows of a Western world-imposed unipolar hegemony, 2024 marked a new dawn for ...

What the African elites lack most is the courage to use their “own reason.” This, despite how modern they like to think of ...

The ebbs and flows between African and other cultures are intertwined. These are conduits for the world defying their ...

THE South African Communist Party (SACP) unequivocally condemns the right-wing conservative President of the United States, ...