June 25
Africa: XI's Zero Tariff Offer to Africa and the Political Boundaries of Eswatini's Exclusion
China's tariff announcement and the African response Read more »
January 27
Lesotho: Lesotho's Anti-Corruption Paradox - Empowered but Undermined
Over the past decade, Lesotho's political landscape has been marked by repeated leadership turnover and fragile coalition governments, which have steadily eroded public trust.… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Youths in Zimbabwe Are Not Rejecting Politics - They Are Reshaping It
Youth political participation in Zimbabwe is often described in familiar terms: party membership, mobilisation through rallies, and the manipulation of unemployed young people into… Read more »
November 12, 2025
South Africa: Rethinking Black Theology and Black Consciousness in and From South Africa
Half a century separates African American Methodist minister James Cone's influential works Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970) from… Read more »
November 05, 2025
Africa: Angola's Overlooked Role in the Zambezi River System
The Zambezi is one of Africa's great rivers. Its basin, covering approximately 1,370,000 km2, is home to approximately 50 million people and spreads across eight countries: Angola,… Read more »
September 23, 2025
South Africa: The Rhetorical Machinery of South Africa's Coalition Politics
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 30, 2020
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, No One Can Breathe
Most worryingly for the corrupt and clueless government, even the security forces deployed to crush dissent are suffering. Read more »
