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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 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 »
July 30
Tanzania: Mkuki Bgoya - 'Swahili Writers Should Be Mandatory Reading in Tanzania, but There's a Deep Trauma Around Books'
Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Zanzibari-born 2021 Nobel Literature laureate's grand homecoming was punctuated by the translation of his masterpiece, Paradise, into Kiswahili. His… 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 »
April 08
Africa: Henry Chakava (1946 - 2024) - the Publisher Who Pricked the People Into Consciousness
Chakava is best remembered for publishing some of the giants of East African literature - Okot p'Bitek, Mazrui, Meja Mwangi, Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye, and most notably (and… Read more »
March 26
Africa: The Future of IGAD Amidst Turmoil in the Horn
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 »
February 15
South Africa: The Legend of Johannesburg - From Afrophobia to Acts of Kindness
Zukiswa Wanner pays homage to a city where the contradictions of violence and Ubuntu seem more marked than perhaps anywhere else. Read more »
February 07
Ethiopia: Rocks in a Hard Place - Lalibela Priests Raise Fears Amid War and Weather
Cracks are widening along Ethiopia's ancient rock-hewn churches. Fighting has come perilously close, but rain is the bigger threat. Read more »
January 16
Africa: The Best African Books of 2023
Once more, African writers from the continent and diaspora have provided us some literary gems. Our top novels of 2023, in no particular order. Read more »
November 09, 2023
Africa: African Makers Deserve New Things
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 12, 2023
Africa: Has African Climate Fiction Already Shown Us the Future?
From cities within sand-storms to biotech implants, African writers are imagining diverse climate futures. Here are five recommended reads. Read more »
August 21, 2023
Africa: Decolonising African Cinema in the Time of Netflix
90% of Africa's cultural legacy resides outside the continent; audiovisual restitution is a battle for memory as urgent as artefact restitution. Read more »
August 09, 2023
Africa: A Mythical Giant Snake Is Helping Raise Climate Awareness in Malawi
Sensitive campaigners are finding that belief in Napolo, a legendary multi-headed monster, is no barrier to environmental understanding and action. Read more »
July 14, 2023
Africa: Zimbabwean Legend, Thomas Mapfumo Retires in Exile
After five decades on the stage, one of the continent's great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow - in exile, because it was too… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Algeria: In Algeria, the Death of a Literary Salon Is a Tragedy, the Silencing of Dissent, an Everyday Occurrence
In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers, artists and activists that used to gather at… Read more »
Algeria: The Hirak Is Dead, Truth Is the Enemy, the People Are the Traitors
In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers and artists that used to gather at a literary… Read more »
June 20, 2023
Africa: Afrobeats - How Does the Next Chapter Play Out?
Afrobeats rode on its own generated zeitgeist to become a staple of the global cultural marketplace. How does it negotiate a bigger piece of the pie? Read more »
May 27, 2023
Nigeria: Afrobeats - The Birth of Afro-Adura
The fast-rising genre is spawning a new wave of Afrobeats stars, and adds a spiritual dimension rooted in a century-old African church. Read more »
May 16, 2023
Namibia: Drag Night Namibia - 'What We Are Doing Here Today Is Massive'
Amid momentous legal victories and disappointing let-downs, Namibia's queer community and activists celebrate a radical joy. Read more »
April 19, 2023
Africa: Why ZANU-PF Still Can't Dance to Chimurenga Music
ZANU-PF's aversion to protest music only confirms the lyrical power of a line of artists from Marley and Mapfumo to Winky D. Read more »
March 08, 2023
Africa: Who Wants to Hear About White Saviourism Gone Wrong?
A new book on the Congo recycles stereotypes of Africa as a wasteland in need of saving in all its promo. It's been rapturously received in the West. Read more »
February 24, 2023
Senegal: Safi Faye - Farewell to a Pioneering Filmmaker
Senegalese filmmaker was the first African woman to make a commercial feature film, Kaddu Beykat, in 1975. 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 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 »
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 »
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