Culture & Society
Are Nigerians ‘Black’ Enough to Talk about Race? Re-imagining the Discourse on Race
If, race is what forms part of the very explanation for why the relationship between Africans and African Americans and between South Africans and Nigerians ‘is so messed up’, then of what use can race be to remedy the situation? Read More...
Colouring inside the Politically Personal Nanjala Nyabola's Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics
In her latest book, Nanjala Nyabola paints the complexities of Kenyan politics as underlies the relationship between Kenyans and digital technology. Read More...
A Poultry Farmer’s Song of Burden in the Face of Fate Chigozie Obioma's An Orchestra of Minorities
In his latest book, Chigozie Obioma draws readers and critics to the understanding of a man through the metaphysics of existence. Read More...
Art as Protest What the Black Arts Movement Can Teach Today’s Artists
The legacy of the Black Arts movement teaches that art need not singularly perform the function of the aesthetic or of utility. Read More...
Sexuality in the Twenty-first Century Looking through Nigerian Lenses
In Nigeria, sexuality rarely emerges in the realm of public debate or analysis, leaving the topic stuck in the periphery of historical discussions. Read More...
Curators of Forcible Evictions The Problem with Lagos State
The rise of Lagos as a major economic and political force has been a swift one. But housing and infrastructure deficits in Lagos have only grown as the city continues to expand with an uneasy urgency. Read More...
Racism or Classism? Africa's Hidden Race Problem
Africa is often erroneously perceived as a non-racial continent, a place where racial thought and practices are rare and where the manifestation of race is an aberration. Read More...
The Power of Social Media Nigeria's Changing Feminist Movement
Like everywhere else, feminists in Nigeria are increasingly relying on social media to organize movements, protest, inform and reform society. Read More...
Uncovering Edinburgh Rethinking Race and Empire in Scotland
UncoverED, a student-led research project at Edinburgh University, is the latest iteration of an ongoing effort to challenge and re-shape Scotland’s understanding of race and empire. Read More...
National Belonging and Social Integration Race and Migration in Mozambique
As a majority-black but multi-racial society, Mozambique’s nationalist rhetoric espouses full political equality of citizens of all racial groups; social integration, however, for both new and old immigrants (and their non-binary descendants) is still individually negotiated. Read More...
