International Affairs
#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...
John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa
Why reducing neonatal mortality rates and poverty levels should be prioritized over population growth in Africa. Read More...
The Nigerian Space Conundrum On 20 Years of Space Exploration in Nigeria
Nigerian space institutions strive to meet the objectives set out in a 28-year roadmap amid widespread scepticism and constrained funding. Read More...
A Common Currency for West Africa Why ECOWAS Needs the Eco
Despite widespread scepticism towards the Eco, having a common currency in West Africa is not only a smart idea but also a huge step in the right direction towards regional development and stronger intra-African trade. Read More...
When Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and Rhodesians Talked About Race Revisiting Nigeria – Zimbabwe Relations
While Nigerian support for Zimbabwean and broader southern African liberation was extensive, it was considerably more nuanced and more fractured than often remembered. Read More...
Democracy Questioned How Democracy Can Fail Us, and What to do About It
As African countries contemplate their destinies, it is worth considering whether democracy, as currently practised, is really the only feasible option. Read More...
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement
In the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa, images were used as weapons against the oppressive government to attack the injustices of the system. Read More...
White Extinction: Who Gives a Damn? The Case for a Common-Sense Rainbow
Far too often, because of the sheer bulk of mass media, being white has been defined as what it is to be ‘White in America’ or ‘White in Britain.’ Read More...
The Elephant in the China Shop Race in Sino-African Relations
The long history of Sino-African relations would not be complete without a reference to Zheng He. Zheng He... Read More...
I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness
How would one describe America now? How could one? To do so is as much an exercise in... Read More...
