- Culture, Arts & Identity
Afro Futurism Goes Mainstream: Africa Imagines the Future on Its Own Terms
For decades, Afro Futurism lived at the margins of global culture. It surfaced in album art, underground literature, experimental fashion,…
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Who Really Founded Southern Africa?
The Story Before the Ships Southern Africa was not founded in 1652.It was not “discovered” by Europeans arriving in wooden…
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Alena Analeigh Wicker and the Quiet Power of Being Ahead of Your Time
Alena Analeigh Wicker has never seemed in a hurry, even as she has moved faster than almost everyone around her.…
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Why Military Takeovers Are Resurfacing in Africa and Why Each Case Remains Distinct
When soldiers seize state television to announce the downfall of a government, it is tempting to view these events as…
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Nigeria’s Security Paradox: When Rescues Make Headlines but Abductions Never Stop
In Kurmin Wali, a farming settlement on the outskirts of Kaduna State’s Kajuru area, Sunday mornings once followed a predictable…
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“I Belong to the Universe”: Themba Gorimbo, Black Tax, and the Cost of Making It
When Zimbabwean-born UFC welterweight Themba Gorimbo says he has cut ties with his family and no longer identifies with any…
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Africa Had Complex Borders Before Colonialism — We Just Didn’t Draw Them on European Maps
One of the most enduring ideas about Africa’s past is that before colonialism, the continent was largely borderless — a…
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Why African Languages Are Thriving Online — Even as They Decline in Schools
On TikTok, a young woman in Nairobi explains skincare routines in Sheng, effortlessly blending Swahili, English and street slang. On…
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Why African Professionals Are Returning Home — And What Surprises Them Most
For years, the story of African talent has been told in one direction. Leave home, build a career abroad, and…
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What Mental Health Conversations Look Like in African Families — And Why Silence Persists
In many African households, conversations about mental health do not announce themselves loudly. They arrive quietly, if at all —…
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Why African SMEs Are Quietly Adopting AI — Without Calling It AI
In Lagos, a small logistics company is managing a growing fleet of delivery motorcycles. The owner, Chike, doesn’t call it…
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Power Cuts, Fuel Prices, and Protests: Why Cost-of-Living Pressures Are Rising Across Africa
Across several African countries, the same pressures are surfacing again — electricity shortages, rising fuel prices, and growing public frustration.…
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What This Week’s African Currency Movements Say About Inflation Pressures Across the Continent
Across Africa, currencies are once again telling a deeper story – not just about exchange rates, but about inflation, household…
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The Scramble for Africa: How Berlin Drew Lines That Still Bleed
In the winter of 1884, in a chandelier‑lit hall in Berlin, fourteen European powers gathered around a map of Africa.…
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The Quiet Roar: Bohlale ba Tau’s Journey from Poetry to Memoir
Through I Am Water and its companion soundtrack, Bohlale Lerato Masera-Sibanda — known as Bohlale ba Tau (Wisdom of the…
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