Friday 17 April 2026
Culture
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A documentary lens on Ethiopia’s industrial push shows how jobs, land, and livelihoods are unevenly reshaped—benefiting investors while burdening workers and farmers.
A documentary lens on Ethiopia’s industrial push shows how jobs, land, and livelihoods are unevenly reshaped—benefiting investors while burdening workers and farmers.
Culture
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As colonial structures weakened and new nations took shape, writers began telling their own life stories. These narratives bridged older communal traditions and the rise of a modern literary self.
As colonial structures weakened and new nations took shape, writers began telling their own life stories. These narratives bridged older communal traditions and the rise of a modern literary self.
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The politics of recognition in the Somali Horn reveals a deeper structural convergence, where opposing projects mirror each other in privileging symbolic validation over the material reconstruction necessary for genuine sovereignty.
The politics of recognition in the Somali Horn reveals a deeper structural convergence, where opposing projects mirror each other in privileging symbolic validation over the material reconstruction necessary for genuine sovereignty.
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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Scholar, poet, and critic, Ali Jimale Ahmed devoted his life to reexamining Somalis beyond colonial tropes, insisting that their crisis was as much semantic as it was institutional — rooted in how Somali society has been historically narrated by inherited frameworks of conception.
Scholar, poet, and critic, Ali Jimale Ahmed devoted his life to reexamining Somalis beyond colonial tropes, insisting that their crisis was as much semantic as it was institutional — rooted in how Somali society has been historically narrated by inherited frameworks of conception.
Culture
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Before African salsa filled dance floors around the world, a Malian musician helped invent its sound in Havana. The life of Boncana Maïga reveals how a Cold War-era journey changed the course of West African music.
Before African salsa filled dance floors around the world, a Malian musician helped invent its sound in Havana. The life of Boncana Maïga reveals how a Cold War-era journey changed the course of West African music.
Thoughts
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Between languages lies a fertile distance where meaning is remade. To cross it is not to abandon one voice, but to discover many.
Between languages lies a fertile distance where meaning is remade. To cross it is not to abandon one voice, but to discover many.
Culture
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Senegal won the final of AFCON on the pitch – but months later CAF rewrote the ending. The decision has triggered a fierce debate about power, fairness, and the credibility of African football.
Senegal won the final of AFCON on the pitch – but months later CAF rewrote the ending. The decision has triggered a fierce debate about power, fairness, and the credibility of African football.
Culture
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African writers are moving beyond the defensive posture of postcolonial discourse. Their work negotiates identity, recognition, and literary authority within an increasingly global cultural economy.
African writers are moving beyond the defensive posture of postcolonial discourse. Their work negotiates identity, recognition, and literary authority within an increasingly global cultural economy.
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Born in voice and memory, oral stories once shaped how the world was understood and lived. On the page, they return to those meanings, not to fix them, but to question and rethink them.
Born in voice and memory, oral stories once shaped how the world was understood and lived. On the page, they return to those meanings, not to fix them, but to question and rethink them.
