Zambia’s precarious balancing act: health versus the economy
While the COVID-19 pandemic gripped most of Europe in March this year, the experience of the virus for much of Africa, including Zambia, was only just…
The victory of Chakwera and the Malawi Congress Party in Malawi sets a precedent for opposition parties in Africa
Malawi has just sworn in their new president, Lazarus Chakwera after a controversial election. Chakwera’s Malawi Congress Party won the elections with a majority of…
The daunting effect of colourism in modern day Nigeria
Nigeria gained independence from British colonial rule in 1960. Yet over half of a century later, the scars of colonialism remain embedded in Nigerian beauty standards.…
COVID-19 in Madagascar: Curfews, Economic Strife, and a ‘Miracle Cure’
Current affairs on the island of Madagascar are not publicised very often in mainstream media due to a disproportionate focus on the West, resulting in a…
How European colonialism hyper-sexualised the Black female body
Illustration: Pavethra Jegatheesan Misogynoir, a term coined by feminist scholar Moya Bailey, is a specific form of misogyny that is simultaneously anti-Black. It is formed…
King Leopold's shadow still haunts the DRC - but its politics remains persistent
Illustration credit: Bethan Chinn Inside the Africa Museum in Brussels stand statues dedicated to King Leopold II – a man whose rule saw the slaughter of as…