The just-concluded 35th AFCON edition held in Morocco showed that racial hierarchies and the legacy of colonialism continue to shape the continent profoundly. This is a continuation of the debate by the…
The 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), recently concluded in Morocco, was far more than just a sporting event. It served as a lens through which pre-existing social, political,…
At five in the morning, before the village of Savalou, Benin is fully awake, Véronique is already outside. The air is still cool, and the smell of fermented cassava hangs faintly around…
“She is Chihera. She is the epitome of a liberated woman and the nemesis of patriarchy”, Ezra Chitando, Sophia Chirongoma and Munyaradzi Nyakudya on their work on Chihera as a Radical African…
Institutions have never truly hated sex. They hate honesty. What they despise is not desire, but desire that refuses to kneel, confess, or pretend it doesn’t exist. So instead of eliminating pleasure,…
Earlier this year, I shared a photo on X of myself drinking tea at an outdoor cafe in Mogadishu. My main argument, written in response to a discussion about Somalia’s masculine cafe…
This opinion piece is inspired by a short critical article written by a friend from many moons ago, Seble Teweldebirehan. Sebli and I met in 2015 when we both attended an evening…
In July 1985, Nairobi hosted the United Nations’ World Conference on Women (Nairobi ‘85), which assessed the achievements of the UN Decade for Women. The first such conference ever held on African…
The violence of our age isn’t just in wars or laws, but in how we have learned to live with them, how we scroll past them on our phones before bed. The…
Decolonising the Digital Body: Reflections on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Malawi
When one of my clients reported that her ex-husband, a police officer, was hacking her accounts, legal aid told her to “take it up with the police.” But going to the police…