Browsing: Africa

This week’s African proverb is a reminder that the same challenge can affect us differently – depending on our constitution. Do we bow to life’s pressures…

The struggle against censorship and in defence of independent media that serves the interests of the African majority has become a vital part of the Pan-Africanist…

Afro-Caribbean revolutionary and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon is perhaps the most influential anti-colonial thinker of his time. He died on this day, December 6th, in 1961. His…

The latest video of US President Joe Biden falling asleep during a summit – in Africa, this time – has been branded yet another ‘embarrassment’ for…

This week marks 55 years since 21-year-old Fred Hampton, one of the most charismatic leaders African people the world over have ever known, was assassinated in…

Joe Biden is in Angola for his first-ever bilateral trip to Africa as US president. The two-day visit comes six weeks before he leaves the White…

Sunday, 1 December, marked the 80th anniversary of the brutal massacre of African soldiers at the French colonial military camp of Thiaroye, Senegal. The soldiers were…

According to this Ghanaian proverb, some situations may appear simple, yet often require more thought about the potential outcome of each choice. Therefore, thinking carefully before…

From 1915 to 1934, the United States occupied Haiti under the guise of ensuring stability and protecting it from European interference. However, according to the New…

Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, recently told South Africa’s @podcastwithmacg (X) how his ex-wife Maye’s father, Joshua N. Haldeman, was a pro-apartheid white Canadian who moved…