International Affairs
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...
The Blacker the Berry Race and the Devaluation of Black Lives in America
Three books explain how America's construction of race continues to drive the devaluation of black lives in modern American society. Read More...
The “Great Man” of Peace Kofi Annan (1938-2018)
Kofi Annan led the most important organization in global cooperative history at arguably one of the most intransigent periods of contemporary history. Read More...
“Siasa ni Mchezo Mchafu” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Kenyan Politics
enya’s incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta, was recently sworn in as head of state, marking an end to a... Read More...
Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives
hen another headline reads that more bodies have drowned in the Mediterranean, the emotional labour of going through... Read More...
The Politics of Compassion US Immigration Policy and the Conflicted American Archetype
n 1958, as a senator in the United States, John F. Kennedy published the book, A Nation of... Read More...
