June days in South Africa can be dark, cold and short. The sun rises late and sets early. Highland frosts feel their way through...
Hlawulani Mkhabela
Simon Gatwech Dual, Chief of General Staff for SPLM/SPLA in Opposition (IO) in Juba- UN Photo/Isaac Billy
The most effective way to be heard...
A new book by Leo Zeilig focuses on one of Africa and the modern era’s most celebrated revolutionaries, whose views remain influential long after...
Eritrea marks 25 years of independence from Ethiopia this month. It is now one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world and is...
Stockholm, 24 May 2016
Sexual Violence in Africa: Reversing the Trends
In honour of Africa Day 2016, three Right Livelihood Award Laureates from Africa are speaking out to...
Prologue:
Since the publication of "The Lords of Poverty" much has been written, but little has changed. The colonial "AID" business, whereby the internal...
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the launch of The Conversation Africa.
We would like to thank you, our readers, for your support.
The website went...
By Eugenio Giorgianni
“The Kasaï Nightingale” was on stage, a flamboyantly dressed stage animal as always, when he collapsed from a sudden illness. The drummer...
The former Kenyan Prime Minister admits that “every Kenyan” including himself has had to pay bribes, and that he has also “been offered...
By Steve Humble
We all know that it doesn’t matter whether you’re rich or poor. You can still be gifted. Opportunity is the key....