International Affairs Archives

The Elephant in the China Shop Race in Sino-African Relations

Bénédicte KinkoloMarch 1, 2019

The long history of Sino-African relations would not be complete without a reference to Zheng He. Zheng He was a fourteenth-century admiral who completed severa... Read More...

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I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness

Aarshin KarandeMarch 1, 2019

How would one describe America now? How could one? To do so is as much an exercise in contradiction as self-incrimination. From which stories, which facts, whic... Read More...

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The Blacker the Berry Race and the Devaluation of Black Lives in America

Oyinkansola AdepitanMarch 1, 2019

Three books explain how America's construction of race continues to drive the devaluation of black lives in modern American society.

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The “Great Man” of Peace Kofi Annan (1938-2018)

Obinna ChukwuAugust 26, 2018

Kofi Annan led the most important organization in global cooperative history at arguably one of the most intransigent periods of contemporary history.

August/September 2018

“Siasa ni Mchezo Mchafu” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Kenyan Politics

Edwin ChegeFebruary 3, 2018

Kenya’s incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta, was recently sworn in as head of state, marking an end to a controversial and highly contested election period that... Read More...

February/March 2018

Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives

Lennon Chido MhishiOctober 14, 2017

When another headline reads that more bodies have drowned in the Mediterranean, the emotional labour of going through more narratives of black bodies sinking to... Read More...

June/July 2017

The Politics of Compassion US Immigration Policy and the Conflicted American Archetype

Aarshin KarandeAugust 12, 2017

In 1958, as a senator in the United States, John F. Kennedy published the book, A Nation of Immigrants. His brother, Robert F. Kennedy, who later became Attorne... Read More...

June/July 2017

Destination 中国 Unravelling Nigerian Migrations to China

Oreva OlakpeAugust 8, 2017

Since the 1990s, migration in the West has been going through a process of politicization, in part due to the geopolitical shifts that occurred after the fall o... Read More...

June/July 2017

Trade Not Aid Revisiting Obama's Legacy in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeAugust 2, 2017

Barack Obama’s election as the first black President of the United States was greeted with tremendous fervour and hope across the globe, especially within sub-S... Read More...

June/July 2017

A Union Jacked The Fate of Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain

Kaspar LoftinJuly 23, 2017

In 1851, at the height of colonialism, London held what is now widely regarded as the first “Great Exhibition”. Within a giant iron and glass structure, known a... Read More...

June/July 2017

International Affairs

The Elephant in the China Shop Race in Sino-African Relations

I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness

The Blacker the Berry Race and the Devaluation of Black Lives in America

The “Great Man” of Peace Kofi Annan (1938-2018)

“Siasa ni Mchezo Mchafu” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Kenyan Politics

Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives

The Politics of Compassion US Immigration Policy and the Conflicted American Archetype

Destination 中国 Unravelling Nigerian Migrations to China

Trade Not Aid Revisiting Obama's Legacy in Africa

A Union Jacked The Fate of Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain

Babangida and the Politics of Memory

The New Realpolitik

Mayara Ferrão’s Blueprint for Decolonial AI Imagery

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