International Affairs
The Unresolved Questions of the Sahel Crisis
The formation of the Sahel Alliance has raised several questions, especially: is it really the worst thing in the world that three African military leaders want to rid their countries of neocolonialism and French imperialism? Read More...
Can We Trust the P-5’s ‘Unanimous Agreement’ of African Representation at the UN Security Council?
The unanimous agreement of African representation on the UN Security Council is not a structural fix to the systematic marginalization that African nations face on the world stage. Instead, it raises the question of whether it is in the best interest of the continent. Read More...
Soyinka in the Gazan Crypt
Wole Soyinka’s work gives to Palestinians something the life-world of Palestinian letters give to us: an abiding love and solidarity for the captive. Read More...
The North African Novel in English: What Is It? How Is It?
Arabophone and Francophone literatures have dominated the region of North Africa for decades, but now a third one is emerging—the Anglophone one. Read More...
Digging for Gold in Zimbabwe
During Zimbabwe’s economic turmoil of the late 2000s, my sister and I navigated a land defined by scarcity and resilience as we experienced the collapse of Zimbabwe’s economy, our community and our family. Read More...
To Bear Time: On Sudan’s Long Endurance
The war in Sudan has displaced millions and cast a shadow over the country’s future. Against these odds, the spirit of popular struggle endures in ‘minor’, indeterminate scales of social and political action. Read More...
Angola Wants a Pan-African Court of Justice
Angola has become the first country to ratify the Malabo Protocol, paving the way for the creation of a true international African court of justice. What does Angola hope to gain from this move, and why now? Read More...
The Prolonged Suffering of Eastern DRC
Since Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s descent into cyclical violence in 1996, the conflict has been entangled in regional and international interests and incoherent interventions. Read More...
Tinubu and West Africa’s Growing Coup Belt
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election as ECOWAS chairman shines light on his first geo-political test which is the handling of the recent coups in West Africa, a situation that can make or mar Nigeria’s foreign policy record. Read More...
A Fanonian Perspective on Israel and Palestine
The perpetual timelessness of repeating historic mistakes can only be combated with timeless, prudent and even prescient logic. Frantz Fanon’s work provides an important perspective to understand the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Read More...
