International Affairs
The ‘Hidden Hand’ of Europe Migration: Western Tears, African Victims
While Europeans cry that their way of life is under threat, it is Africans who suffer under exploitative conditions on their continent. Read More...
Where is ‘The Field’? Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa
'The field' is an interesting concept. It only makes sense if we understand that there is also another place which is 'not-the-field'. But the common use of 'the field' suggests that it is shorthand for power relations as well as geography. Read More...
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide
For a country already suffering from grave socio-economic inequalities, harnessing technology may not translate positively for Nigeria’s future if active steps are not taken to address the digital divide. Read More...
Nollywords Lionheart, Language and the Ghost of Our Colonial Past
Nollywood gives Nigerian creatives room to take a language that we may not have chosen and use it to tell our stories in the way that we choose. Read More...
Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana
In Ghana, as in the rest of West Africa, queer people are subject to considerable repression, which may assume social and legal dimensions. Read More...
What Does a Future-Ready Africa Need? Change: A Terrifying Story
To adequately prepare for the future of work, African professionals will have to reimagine what education and professional life mean. Read More...
Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa
The rivalry between South Africa and Nigeria has affected the relationship between citizens of both countries to such an extent that they see themselves as being in a perpetual competition. Read More...
Globalization and Global Value Chains Prospects for Africa's Industrialization
Africa can promote industrialization by leveraging on its abundant cheap labour, its commodities and the green industrialization agenda. Read More...
No More Insufficient Funds Yahoo Yahoo and Cybercrime’s International Ecosystem
Nigeria is not alone in cybercrime. But among a considerable number of Nigerians, cybercrime or Yahoo Yahoo exists at the intersection of crime and means of livelihood; wrong but necessary. Read More...
#TooBigToLike Questioning ‘Choice’ in Global Surveillance Capitalism
Big Tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, exhibit a new stage of corporate power. These organizations are so large, our views on them are inconsequential—they have effectively become too big to like. Read More...
