February 08, 2023
Sudan: (Un)doing Resistance - Three Decades of the Regime's Assault On the Arts in Sudan
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 »
Ethiopia: Is the Peace Deal the Beginning of the End for the Tigray People's Liberation Front?
Three months after its signing, a shattered Tigray is picking up the pieces. But not even the end of the siege can quell rising murmurs of discontent. Read more »
February 06, 2023
Somalia: Crisis in Lasanod - Border Disputes, Escalating Insecurity and the Future of Somaliland
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 03, 2023
Nigeria: Oligarchs, Oil and Obi-Dients - the Battle for the Soul of Nigeria
The end of the oil-fuelled patronage system may pose the greatest threat to the nation since the Civil War. Therein may lie its salvation. Read more »
February 01, 2023
South Africa: Of Cobblers, Colonialism, and Choices
Growing up in South Africa, I was told my British colonial ancestors were a fundamentally decent lot. Researching a novel has taught me the opposite. Read more »
January 31, 2023
Nigeria: "People Want to Be Rich Overnight" - Nigeria Logging Abounds Despite Ban
In Cross River state, home to much of Nigeria's remaining forest, locals and officials accuse the state government of profiting from illegal logging. Read more »
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 25, 2023
Liberia: The Unaccountability of Liberia's Polluting Miners
The government's reports and fines have not yet been sufficient to stop communities suffering from poisoned rivers. Read more »
January 17, 2023
Uganda: 'Poking the Leopard's Anus'- Legal Spectacle and Queer Feminist Politics
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 »
January 05, 2023
Kenya: The 'Hustler' Fund - Kenya's Approach to National Transformation
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 »
December 21, 2022
Nigeria: The Insecurity Ahead of Nigeria's 2023 Elections Is Unprecedented
What will this mean for the running and credibility of the polls? Read more »
December 20, 2022
Nigeria: Lagos Is Unique but Not in the Way People Think
The aspects of Lagos that are often vilified are exceptional only in their scale. 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 16, 2022
Zambia: Why President Hakainde Hichilema Is Adored Abroad But Not at Home
Since coming to power in 2021, Hichilema has enthusiastically courted the approval of the West, often at Zambia's expense. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - Vice-President's Secret Plan to Be President Stays On Schedule
President Mnangagwa was not seriously challenged at the ZANU-PF congress. But neither was the powerful Vice-President Chiwenga. 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 »
December 06, 2022
South Africa: Pandemic Policies in South Africa - a Model of Neocolonial State Capture
The huge Covid death toll - by far the worst in Africa - occurred not in spite of Western biomedical practices but because of them, argues a new book from the African Arguments… 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 »
Somalia: Berbera - The Making of a Global Port, and the Unmaking of a People
Having survived centuries of successive governments, colonialism and war, have Berbera's dockworkers finally met their match? 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 29, 2022
Ghana: Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ Bill Sparks Spike in 'Legally Sanctioned' Extortion
Since the law was proposed, instances of violence - including seemingly organised crime - against Ghana's queer community have increased. Read more »