The end of an era. The development worker goes home, what remains of the morality that drove him
Development aid by the white Western world to poorer countries is in retreat. It marks the conclusion of an era. What drove Westerners to...
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe: the philosopher who explored what decolonised African thought might look like
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe was one of the most influential African thinkers of the 20th century. He showed that Africa was often imagined as a void to...
Part 2 What the visit of the Dutch king to Kenya achieved
The Dutch state visit to Kenya, already fraught with controversy due to an internet campaign against the visit, got an extra controversial tail. No,...
A difficult homecoming. Ali Kony and the twilight of the Lord’s Resistance Army
Once the Lord’s Resistance Army of Uganda was one of the most brutal fighting groups of Africa. It hardly exists anymore but is not...
Congo’s stylish sapeur movement goes beyond fashion – 5 deeper insights
By Sylvie Ayimpam In the two Congos, there’s a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as “sapeurs”, who blend...
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
By Lindy Heinecken The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sparked fierce debate about...
The war puts the dams in Sudan at risk
The war in Sudan has been devastating. Not only have millions of people fled, hospitals, schools, museums, places of worship and apartment buildings have...
Mozambique: the opposition leader returns home after post-election turmoil
By Luca Bussotti When people watched political debates on Soico TV, one of the most watched private channels in Mozambique, around 2010, they often saw a...
Angolan prince started campaign to end Atlantic slave trade long before Europeans did – new book
By José Lingna Nafafé For centuries, it has been held that the ideas and movement for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade came from western abolitionists....
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