In the News: African Traditional Religion and the “Modern” World
Ghanaian priest Nana Kwaku Bonsam is the subject of the below articles. His work in Ghana and his year-long stay in the Bronx has highlighted the popularity of African Traditional […]
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In the News: Self-Sufficient Africa?
Mo Ibrahim on How (and Why) Africa Should Solve Its Own Problems
For Ibrahim, writing in Forbes, the public sector and private sector working in tandem – without […]
The President, the Army, and the Street / Le President, l’Armée, et la Rue
In the following post, Lamia Bazir, a Moroccan graduate student in International Affairs at Columbia University and Sciences Po, Paris, and a fellow of the American Association of University Women […]
Interfaith Statement for Mandela’s Birthday
South African faith groups in KwaZulu-Natal are circulating the following interfaith statement to commemorate former President Nelson Mandela’s birthday on July 18 and pray for peace for the nation, given […]
In the News: “Modern” Africa
“How Africa’s New Urban Centers are Shifting Its Old Colonial Boundaries”
In The Atlantic, Howard W. French explores the expansion of Lagos, Nigeria, toward Accra, Ghana, all the way to […]
Call for story proposals on Pan-African land grabs; Programme Officer, DRC; and other opportunities
Call for Story Proposals: Pan-African Land Grabbing Expose Launched
Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) has created a partnership with the US based Oakland Institute (OI) to investigate specific cases […]
In the News: Combating Poverty and Hunger
Two articles in The Guardian this week focused on poverty and hunger in Africa and ways that African leaders should combat them. Two complementary articles push for understanding root causes […]