Time for the AU to reflect
<b>Adekeye Adebajo</b> reflects on the recent events in Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan and Tunisia in light of the AU’s biannual summit.
Where to, Africa?
Look no further than Nigeria, the DRC, Algeria, Sudan and our own backyard to get a glimpse of what’s to come. <b>Adekeye Adebajo</b> reports
The seven horsemen of Nigeria’s apocalypse
It’s half a century since Nigeria gained independence. <b>Adekeye Adebajo</b> looks back over the nation’s tortured history.
The First pan-African martyr
Ruth First pursued a better life for all Africans, but she was killed by a letter bomb 12 years before the liberation of her country.
A midlife crisis for Africa
During the annus mirabilis of 1960 17 independent African states were born, creating great expectations for the rebirth of a continent.
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Our psyches shy of the goal
Football has been fertile terrain for political analysis since the World Cup in Mexico when Henry Kissinger assessed the prospects of the favourites.
Obama: ‘Bush with a smile’?
It’s one year since the US president’s historic election. Has he become trapped in his own lofty rhetoric?
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Broadway’s Nigerian fellow
Fela! brings the story of African superstar Fela Anikulapo Kuti to the mainstream.
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Obama’s Nobel ancestry
Ten individuals of African descent have previously
been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But none had an opportunity as unique as Barack Obama’s.
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‘Natives are getting restless’
It is time for Africans to speak out against Afrophobia and change perceptions of the West.