Category: Africa

The Unique Life Philosophy of Abdi, Born in Somalia, Living in the Netherlands

at Aeon: When viewers are introduced to Abdiwahab Ali, the main character in the short…

The Doctor Who Saw Colonialism as a Sickness

‘The Rebel’s Clinic,’ by Adam Shatz, is an engrossing biography of the psychiatrist, philosopher and…

Ghana, you were doing so well!

Ghana can’t afford to play the game of borrow-and-bailout…Africa needs a development leader By Noah…

Future Knowledges and the Dilemmas of Decolonization

In this talk, philosopher Achille Mbembe (Africa is a Country) considers the possibilities of a…

Africa’s Century of Growth?

On Morten Jerven’s The Wealth and Poverty of African States (Cambridge University Press, 2022) Review…

Did a Nobel Peace Laureate Stoke a Civil War?

After Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, ended a decades-long border conflict, he was heralded as…

Africa is Not a Country. Shift Your Understanding.

Africa is a region of 1.4 billion people and over 2,000 languages. News, entertainment, and…