Friday 12 June 2026
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Books
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In his latest work, Theft, Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah turns a false accusation into a powerful story about identity and injustice. Set between Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, the novel reveals how history shapes even the most ordinary lives.…
In his latest work, Theft, Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah turns a false accusation into a powerful story about identity and injustice. Set between Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, the novel reveals how history shapes even the most ordinary lives.…
Culture
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From imperial rule to fascist occupation, Haile Gerima has made cinema a battleground over memory and truth. His latest work renews a lifelong struggle to decolonize the screen and restore Ethiopia to its own image.…
From imperial rule to fascist occupation, Haile Gerima has made cinema a battleground over memory and truth. His latest work renews a lifelong struggle to decolonize the screen and restore Ethiopia to its own image.…
Analysis
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From colonial legacies to questions of national identity and self-determination, Somaliland sits at the heart of some of the Horn of Africa’s most unresolved political tensions. For Cairo, the issue exposes the limits and contradictions of regional diplomacy.…
From colonial legacies to questions of national identity and self-determination, Somaliland sits at the heart of some of the Horn of Africa’s most unresolved political tensions. For Cairo, the issue exposes the limits and contradictions of regional diplomacy.…
Opinion
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Trump’s renewed offer to mediate the GERD dispute has been welcomed in Cairo, but with visible caution. Behind the optimism lies a deep-seated fear of miscalculation, shaped by history and doubts over Washington’s true intentions.…
Trump’s renewed offer to mediate the GERD dispute has been welcomed in Cairo, but with visible caution. Behind the optimism lies a deep-seated fear of miscalculation, shaped by history and doubts over Washington’s true intentions.…
Culture
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ICJ Vice-President Julia Sebutinde’s defense of Israel’s war in Gaza exposes the colonial roots of Christian Zionism in East Africa. Her stance reflects how borrowed theology still shapes African elites and their politics today.…
ICJ Vice-President Julia Sebutinde’s defense of Israel’s war in Gaza exposes the colonial roots of Christian Zionism in East Africa. Her stance reflects how borrowed theology still shapes African elites and their politics today.…
Culture
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From Adwa to Ras Tafari’s European tour, Ethiopia’s quest for modernity was bound to empire, expansion, and foreign recognition. These contradictions continue to echo in Abiy Ahmed’s vision of a new renaissance.…
From Adwa to Ras Tafari’s European tour, Ethiopia’s quest for modernity was bound to empire, expansion, and foreign recognition. These contradictions continue to echo in Abiy Ahmed’s vision of a new renaissance.…
Opinion
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From backing freedom fighters to bureaucratic decline, the African Association’s end marks the fading of Egypt’s liberationist legacy. Geeska spoke with scholars about its fate and Cairo’s Pan-African past.…
From backing freedom fighters to bureaucratic decline, the African Association’s end marks the fading of Egypt’s liberationist legacy. Geeska spoke with scholars about its fate and Cairo’s Pan-African past.…
Interviews
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Veteran pan-Africanist and anti-imperialist writer Leo Zeilig speaks to Geeska about the conflict in the DRC, self-emancipation, and Africa’s future.…
Veteran pan-Africanist and anti-imperialist writer Leo Zeilig speaks to Geeska about the conflict in the DRC, self-emancipation, and Africa’s future.…
Interviews
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Professor Hakim Adi, the first professor of the history of African heritage in the UK, speaks to Geeska about Pan-Africanism, Africa’s relationship with China, and his belief in history as a tool for change.
Professor Hakim Adi is a prominent British-Nigerian pan-African intellectual and historian.…
Professor Hakim Adi, the first professor of the history of African heritage in the UK, speaks to Geeska about Pan-Africanism, Africa’s relationship with China, and his belief in history as a tool for change.
Professor Hakim Adi is a prominent British-Nigerian pan-African intellectual and historian.…
Culture
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Elleni Centime Zeleke was an Ethiopian scholar whose book, Ethiopia in Theory, challenged us to reconsider how we think about knowledge production using the Ethiopian student movement as an example
At the beginning of July 2024, African academia lost one of its brightest scholars in…
Elleni Centime Zeleke was an Ethiopian scholar whose book, Ethiopia in Theory, challenged us to reconsider how we think about knowledge production using the Ethiopian student movement as an example
At the beginning of July 2024, African academia lost one of its brightest scholars in…