Myths About China In Africa
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a few countries in Africa in December 2015. He promised $60 billion in new investments, grants, loans, and export credits. Here’s an interesting piece about […]
Author Archives: Chika Oduah
Life or Death: Investigative Reporting In Nigeria
A few weeks ago, a Nigerian journalist uncovered alleged cases of rape and sodomy in a boys’ school in Kano, northern Nigeria. Reporting on a sensitive cultural taboo, the journalist […]
The Afrofuturism of Fabrice Monteiro
The Afrofuturism of Fabrice Monteiro There are certain depictions of African life we in the West are all too accustomed to seeing: Images of poverty, violence and corruption conjure a […]
African Migrants Dying, African Leaders Silent
African Leaders Are Mute, Even as Their People Die at Sea DAKAR, Senegal — Amid the global cries of alarm over the deaths of African migrants in the Mediterranean […]
TAIYE SELASI: I Am Not My Hair
I leapt from high-maintenance hair to an all-natural crop—and found a tangle of emotion and politics caught up in all the curls. Recently my best friend, Heather McGhee—the […]
Senegalese Graffiti Artist Leaving a Fearless Mark
Senegalese graffiti artist Dieynaba Sidibe is challenging views on women’s roles and calling for equality, one spray-paint can at a time. Growing up in Senegal’s capital of Dakar, Dieynaba Sidibe […]
Israel To Pay Africans $3,500 to Leave
The Israeli government will pay $3,500 grants to African refugees to encourage them to leave the country, it has said. The country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move […]
10 Facts From #BokoHaram Report
10 Facts From Amnesty International’s Latest Boko Haram Report To coincide with the one-year commemoration of the April 14, 2014 mass abduction by Boko Haram of almost 300 […]
The widows of Boko Haram
Despite efforts by women’s groups, thousands of Nigerian widows struggle to survive because of Boko Haram’s insurgency. Maiduguri, Nigeria – For four months and 10 days, Falmata Gana never […]
Portraits: Former slaves in America
January 31st marked the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery. To commemorate the occasion, new photos have been released showing some of the men and women […]
Afrocentric Confessions 