“Ebola Is Africa’s Problem”
VIENNA—After Oyewale Tomori finished his talk on Ebola here at the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, there was stunned silence. Tomori, the president of the Nigerian Academy of Science, […]
Author Archives: Chika Oduah
Boko Haram: Sons of Anarchy
Two days before I landed in Maiduguri, security forces made a gruesome discovery in one of the city’s suburbs. After a tip-off, soldiers carried out a dawn raid on ten […]
I Allowed People to Mispronounce My African Name for 25 Years
My Thing Is: I’ve finally reclaimed “Mame.” For my parents and me, it’s an homage and a spiritual connection to my ancestry. In a recent interview with the Improper Bostonian, […]
Women Beyond The Veil In Mali
There are no beds in the small concrete home Madame Gassamba shares with her four teenage daughters. When night falls, cushions pushed against the spotted walls serve as […]
The International Criminal Court must fix its anti-African image
Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta has become the first-ever sitting president to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC). He faces charges of direct involvement in the violence that followed the […]
Our Ignorance of Africa is More Dangerous Than Ebola
OMG EBOLA IS HERE! EVERYBODY PANIC. No. Don’t. I’m just kidding. Although many people already have started, so this might be a little too late. The first case of the […]
Influx of African Immigrants Shifting National and New York Demographics
Threatened with arrest in 2009, Lamin F. Bojang fled Gambia after publicly contradicting its president’s claims that he could cure AIDS. Now 31, Mr. Bojang lives in Concourse Village […]
After the Genocide, Rwanda’s Widows Aging Alone
In a country with no tradition of institutional care for the elderly, Rwanda’s widows and survivors of the 1994 mass killings seek dignity at the end of their lives. […]
Science, Development And The Rebuilding Of Rwanda
As Rwanda sought to rebuild after the horrors of the 1994 genocide, its development strategy emphasised science and technology. Romain Murenzi, who served as Rwanda’s science minister for eight years, […]
Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi: Legacies, Memories, Histories
August 20 marked the second anniversary of the death of Ethiopia’s long-time leader, Meles Zenawi. Two years on, the Zenawi phenomenon is still as divisive as it is […]
Afrocentric Confessions 