On the coup epidemic in West Africa
What’s fueling the military takeovers sweeping across West and Central Africa?
AIAC
October 13, 2023
How ‘food scarcity’ opens the door to GMOs in Africa
We often hear from Western donors that Africa suffers from food ‘scarcity.’ The real problem is the exploitation of African
AIAC
October 13, 2023
PODCAST: “Will there be another uprising in Egypt?”
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is running for a third term. On the Africa Is a Country podcast, we discuss
AIAC
October 11, 2023
Wathinta abafazi, wathinta imbokodo
How ‘Dawn’ magazine illustrates the significant role women played in South Africa’s armed struggle against apartheid.
AIAC
October 11, 2023
The Airbnb’fication of Cape Town
AirBnb is making the idea of a liveable, walkable city unattainable, while deepening inequality and decimating local industries. Photo by
AIAC
October 6, 2023
Reimagining non-alignment in a world raging for war
In the context of climate apartheid, a new scramble for resources, and debt crises, the Global South must find another
AIAC
October 2, 2023
Tunisia-EU trade deal harms smalls-scale farming
Small scale farmers in Tunisia are caught between two competing and powerful forces, international actors like the EU and internal governmental policy that
AIAC
October 2, 2023
Black and queer is a class apart in African literature
Although visibility is important, contemporary queer African literature reveals how easily representation privileges narratives of the resourceful and upwardly mobile.
AIAC
September 27, 2023
Amazon in Cape Town’s murky waters
Predatory tech giant is at the center of a heritage site land grab, pitting indigenous and environmental activists against city
AIAC
September 27, 2023
The unraveling of Somalia
Somalia’s political landscape is increasingly fragmented due to regional and clan differences. Is this the end of the centralized state
AIAC
September 27, 2023
Democracy & Constitution
On the coup epidemic in West Africa
What’s fueling the military takeovers sweeping across West and Central Africa?
AIAC
October 13, 2023
Environment & Water
How ‘food scarcity’ opens the door to GMOs in Africa
We often hear from Western donors that Africa suffers from food ‘scarcity.’ The real problem is the exploitation of African
AIAC
October 13, 2023
Democracy & Constitution
PODCAST: “Will there be another uprising in Egypt?”
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is running for a third term. On the Africa Is a Country podcast, we discuss
AIAC
October 11, 2023
Arts & Culture
Wathinta abafazi, wathinta imbokodo
How ‘Dawn’ magazine illustrates the significant role women played in South Africa’s armed struggle against apartheid.
AIAC
October 11, 2023
Land & Housing
The Airbnb’fication of Cape Town
AirBnb is making the idea of a liveable, walkable city unattainable, while deepening inequality and decimating local industries. Photo by
AIAC
October 6, 2023
Global
Reimagining non-alignment in a world raging for war
In the context of climate apartheid, a new scramble for resources, and debt crises, the Global South must find another
AIAC
October 2, 2023
Global
Tunisia-EU trade deal harms smalls-scale farming
Small scale farmers in Tunisia are caught between two competing and powerful forces, international actors like the EU and internal governmental policy that
AIAC
October 2, 2023
Arts & Culture
Black and queer is a class apart in African literature
Although visibility is important, contemporary queer African literature reveals how easily representation privileges narratives of the resourceful and upwardly mobile.
AIAC
September 27, 2023
Land & Housing
Amazon in Cape Town’s murky waters
Predatory tech giant is at the center of a heritage site land grab, pitting indigenous and environmental activists against city
AIAC
September 27, 2023
The unraveling of Somalia
Somalia’s political landscape is increasingly fragmented due to regional and clan differences. Is this the end of the centralized state
AIAC
September 27, 2023