September 18
Africa: 'Absolutely Ridiculous' - Zombie Mines Multiply in SA's Opaque Coal Sector
African Arguments visited ten "active" coal mines around Ermelo in South Africa. Three were abandoned, and had been for years according to locals. Read more »
September 17
Africa: Hiding the Coco - Women Farmers Anticipating Old Age
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
September 15
Africa: Eritrean Cycling - How a Colonial Legacy Became a National Passion
Italian Fascists used cycling to demonstrate their racial superiority; Eritrean cyclists were soon embarrassing them. Today, a new generation of world-beaters is escaping another… Read more »
September 13
Africa: How Saving the Pangolin Became a Nigerian Conservation Agenda
Nigeria's pangolins face extinction. One organisation is committed to reversing the trend - and coopting communities into conservation. Read more »
September 11
Africa: Ethnicity and Geography in Nigeria's Leather Trading Industry
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
September 10
Africa: When Will African Leaders Resist the Neocolonial Summons?
140 years after imperial powers at the Berlin Conference carved up the continent and its resources, Africa's leaders are still trooping to global centres of capital, committed to… Read more »
September 04
Africa: William Bascom and the Ifẹ̀ Bronzes - Reconstructing Histories of Expropriation and Repatriation in Nigeria
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
August 28
Africa: The Continent Falling Behind - Africa's Placement in the Global Feminist Foreign Policy Discourse
Why has the Afro-feminist movement remained conspicuously absent in global discussions on Feminist Foreign Policy? Read more »
August 16
Southern Africa: DR Congo Quagmire Poses an Existential Question to Southern Africa's Leaders
Engineering a permanent state of conflict in eastern Congo ensures the continued flow of minerals into the bloodstream of global capitalism. SADC must protect the lives of the… Read more »
August 14
Africa: Moving the Talai - How the British Tried, and Failed, to Eliminate the Native Prophets of the Rift Valley
The evidence of colonial Britain's attempt to eliminate the Talai a century ago is only now coming to light, as the last of the survivors seek justice. Read more »
Africa: Green Hydrogen - Africa Is Not Europe's Battery
Like elsewhere on the continent, Tunisia's rush of proposed green hydrogen projects prioritise Europe's needs over its own. Read more »
August 13
Africa: How Progressive Taxation Can Raise Trillions for Climate Action
A new report finds that developed countries could raise $2 trillion in climate finance per year by raising their tax-to-GDP ratios by four points. Read more »
August 09
Africa: How Afrobeats Is Sampling Nostalgia for the Gen Zs
With the industry awash with money, global notoriety, bold Afrobeats producers are buying early Afrobeats records, channelling them to an audience seeking its slice of the musical… Read more »
August 08
Africa: Epidemic Preparedness - the Importance of Local Adaptation
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
August 02
Africa: The Rise of the African Left
Bassirou Faye and PASTEF's victory in Senegal in March marked the stunning, decade-long rise of a leftist party. As Africa's Gen Z protest movements challenge the established… Read more »
July 30
Africa: SBTi's Controversial Shift Has Given a New Lifeline to the Carbon Offset Ruse
The climate target body should follow the science and limit the use of carbon offsets to where there is really no other way. Read more »
July 25
Africa: Towards a Sustainable Blue Economy for Africa
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
July 22
Africa: The Long Shadow of German Colonialism
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
July 23
Africa: Here Are 3 Steps Governments Can Take to Reduce Risks of Green Grabs
What can governments do to mitigate the risks carbon offsets can pose to rights, livelihoods, food security, and ecosystems? Read more »
July 08
Africa: Houses of Hope - Populism and South Africa's Complex Urban-Rural Connections
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
July 03
Africa: The Drug Menace in the Heartland of the Boko Haram Insurgency
Referred to as 'Marlians' after British-Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, whose songs allegedly glorify the profane, they have become the face of a silent crisis in the wake of the… Read more »
July 02
Africa: A United Africa Is Now the Only Path to the Climate Justice
In the face of some nations' foot-dragging tactics, a pan-African front is all the more imperative, writes the chair of the African Group of Negotiators. Read more »
Africa: 'He Didn't Allow Me' - Gender and the Great Green Wall
Experiences in northeast Nigeria suggest women struggle to participate in climate initiatives unless gender dynamics are carefully integrated. Read more »
June 21
Africa: Eritrea At 33 - Exporting Internal Strife, Navigating Regional Tensions and Steadily Looking East
More than a generation since it won its hard-fought independence, Eritrea is synonymous with Isaias Afwerki. For better. Or for worse. Read more »
June 17
Africa: 'Patience Is Running Out' - Did Bonn Make Progress On Climate Finance?
An expert panel give their verdict on critical climate negotiations at the just-concluded conference in Bonn. Read more »