Culture & Society
Black Orpheus and the Organic Intellectual Remembering Abiola Irele and Raufu Mustapha
This essay honours two polyglot Nigerian intellectuals—Harvard University’s Abiola Irele and Oxford University’s Raufu Mustapha—who died abroad a month apart from each other in July and August 2017 respectively. Read More...
Politicians and Men of God The Political Manipulation of Religion in Nigeria
Prominent Christian and Muslim clerics are intruding into Nigerian politics to buy votes for their preferred candidates, with dire implications for the stability of Nigeria’s democracy. Read More...
What is Feminism? Feminism, by the Book
s early as 1808, Francois Marie Charles Fourier, a strange and brilliant utopian socialist and philosopher, preached that... Read More...
Anti-Fascism The Legacy of 1930s Pan-African Leaders
With the rise in white supremacist and nationalist movements around the world, often overlooked is the important history of Africa's role in anti-Fascism. Read More...
Reading China What to Read on Africa-China Relations
Sino-African relations have waxed stronger in recent years, developing from political engagement in the 1960s to trade, economic... Read More...
Reading Feminism What to Read on Feminism
What better time than now to start to engage—or re-engage—with feminism? Here's what to read on the movement. Read More...
From Scramble to Boldness The Political Challenges of Africa's Youth
olitical participation is indispensable in a democracy. Rightly conceived, a democracy requires the eligible population to actively contribute... Read More...
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. Read More...
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... Read More...
Religion Reinvented The Cult of Mao and Societal Change in China's Cultural Revolution
espite having its culture being notably influenced by a wide variety of religious and philosophical thought, the modern-day... Read More...
