March 02, 2023
Africa: 'Africanise or Perish!' Climate Remains High On AU Agenda
From supporting Barbados' plan to transform global climate finance, to pursuing G20 membership, climate was a key issue at the recent summit. Read more »
February 24, 2023
Africa: Africa Has Its First Chief Heat Officer. Five Things Should Be On Her Agenda
Freetown's heat officer can set an example to Africa and the world as temperatures and risks rise. Read more »
February 21, 2023
Africa: The Battle for Africa - Covid Consensus As History of the Present
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
February 17, 2023
Africa: Africa Is Winning the War Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
Research is yielding better drugs, and governments and Big Pharma have been pushed into action. The elimination of once-killer diseases is in sight. Read more »
February 10, 2023
Africa: African Fiction in 2023
2022 saw writers from Africa and the Diaspora bring us some literary gems (see our list of Best Books of 2022). 2023 promises to be no different. So here we bring you a list of… Read more »
January 31, 2023
Africa: Blackness, Pan-African Consciousness and Women's Political Organising Through the Magazine AWA
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Africa: Introducing Parselelo and a New Climate Focus
African Arguments is excited to announce two big changes. Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: Why Africa's Patronage System Is Under Threat Like Never Before
Today's protesters and insurgents don't want to greater access to a corrupt and ineffective system. They want to abolish it. Read more »
December 01, 2022
Africa: Africa Elections 2022/2023 - All the Upcoming Votes
A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2022 and 2023. Read more »
December 15, 2022
Africa: The Best African Films of 2022
In an uncertain year for the industry, African cinema continued to thrive as filmmakers found industrious ways to create despite myriad roadblocks. Many of the films on this list… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: The Best African Books of 2022
From the thought provoking and evocative to the laughter inducing, here are our best African books of 2022 (in no particular order). Read more »
December 13, 2022
Africa: The Best African Albums of 2022
2022 was the year African musicians levelled up big time. Every other month arrived with reports of international record deals, significant chart achievements, or major award… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Why 30×30 Would Be the Worst Possible Outcome of COP15
The plan to turn 30% of the earth into Protected Areas is based on a deeply unscientific and racist logic. Read more »
November 30, 2022
Africa: On Blackqueer Fugitivity Beyond the Nation-State
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Africa: "The Scare Is Real" - Prominent Ugandans Fear Poisoning
More than 1,800 people have died of poisoning here since 2009. Now, school principals and MPs fear accepting food or drinks as threats rise. Read more »
November 24, 2022
Africa: Indian Exceptionalism and Normative Power in Africa
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Africa: Is It Time to Abandon Decolonisation?
Decolonisation has become an uncritical and condescending buzzword used to police what it means to be African, argues a sharp new book. Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: Agroecology Is the African-Led Solution We Need From COP27
Industrialised agriculture is big driver of emissions. Agroecology is sustainable, resilient, high yield, and gives farmers sovereignty. Read more »
November 08, 2022
Africa: India in Africa - The Changing Face of South-South Cooperation
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
Africa: Who Can Trust the Ethiopia Peace Deal?
While many have celebrated the ceasefire agreement, some prominent Tigrayan groups see it as a surrender. Read more »
Africa: Why Are Nigerians Keeping Migration Plans Secret From Their Friends?
Many relationships have suffered as people planning to leave Nigeria only inform their nearest and dearest once they've already gone. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: COP27 - It's Africa's Time to Lead
Four lessons for African leaders as they head into the climate talks. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Africa: Zimbabwe's Education Was Once the Envy of Africa. Not Anymore
Educators during the country's post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today's teachers say they barely scrape by. Read more »
November 01, 2022
Africa: Feminizing the State Apparatus - a Mirage for Women's Liberation
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Africa: Can't Buy Me Trust - Why Are the Continent's Elections So Costly Yet Contested?
The continent spends more running elections than almost any other region. But trust in electoral processes cannot be bought. It has to be earned. Read more »