Tag Archive: Africa

Is Chimamanda Adichie a Postcolonial Theorist?

“The best thing to come out of Chimamanda-gate is all these deep conversations about theory on Twitter” – Nanjala Nyabola‏  Grace A. Musila has reignited the...

Goree Island

Since South African Airways dropped Dakar as their regular refueling stop, getting to Goree Island (a fifteen-minute ferry ride off Dakar’s coast) can be...

Unscrambling Africa – Using photography to balance the continent’s narative

When you Google most African cities, the first images you will probably see are those of conflict, urban slums and if you are a...

Malawi, A Country of Short-Term Fixes and Permanent Crises

Malawi leaders are very good at finding quick fixes to complicated problems, akin to bandaging boils instead of bursting and treating them. Wishing problems...

Will Clinton or Trump change US-Africa relations?

The United States is in International Relation terms known as a ‘Great Power’. A country with an incredibly strong voice on the international arena...

Of Women, Nudity & Socio-cultural Issues

On Thursday morning at 4:30 a.m. I woke up to go join a group of lady/women feminists for a Power Walk. The walk started...

Africa and the Panama Papers: Waiting on Popular Disapproval

In Africa, the Panama Papers and their revelations will most likely not reach a particular popular crescendo. In part, like the global and phenomenal...