In Johannesburg’s Jeppe precinct, what looks like disorder is in fact a dense, transnational system of trade, labor, and survival at the heart of the global economy. A market in Jeppestown, Johannesburg. Image © Richard van der Spuy via Shutterstock. Tanya Zack’s recent gem—The Chaos Precinct: Johan
Although increasingly celebrated as an asset, Africa’s youth remain locked out of power and decent work. Photo by Joshua Duneebon on Unsplash Africa’s youth have been called the continent’s greatest asset so many times that the phrase has lost its weight. Assets are meant to be invested in. T
Nollywood is loading April with new projects that stretch from music‑industry drama to supernatural thrillers.
The language of fiscal consolidation is meant to sound inevitable. But for Kenya's informal workers, the human cost is anything but abstract. Nairobi City Market, Kenya, August 2025. Image via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0. The language of economic policy is designed to obscure. Fiscal consolidatio
Amapiano and Afrobeats day parties have quietly become the heartbeat of diaspora weekends, and AmapianoLand is
A new documentary reveals how Ethiopia’s manufacturing push redistributes land, labor, and opportunity—delivering gains for some while displacing others. The women workers of a textile factory in Addis Ababa, June 2018. Image credit Pinar Alver via Shutterstock. The global garment industry often shi
Paulo Nazareth's latest show in Berlin follows the cunning architecture of power, from Germany to Brazil and across continents and epochs. Paulo Nazareth, MATA MANIFESTO DE ARTE EM TERRITÓRIO ANCESTRAL, 2025, fine art print on cotton paper, 45 x 60 cm. Image courtesy of the artist. There is somethin
Eritrea’s recent progress in AFCON qualifying offered a rare feel-good moment, but new player defections underline how fragile that progress remains amid the country’s political realities. Eritrea players celebrate during their historic aggregate victory over Eswatini to reach the next round of AFC
Often in war, language is twisted and used to change meaning, to dehumanize, to invent enemies, and to justify atrocities. Darfur, 2007. Image © Kursat Bayhan via Shutterstock.com In one of Sudan’s largest agricultural regions, where vast fields sustain millions of livelihoods, a woman we will call
In revisiting her relationship with her mother, Roy shows how intimacy, violence, and love forged the sensibility behind her uncompromising political life. 45 RPM single of The Beatles' "Let It Be." Image credit PHLD Luca via Shutterstock.com In Mother Mary Comes To Me we learn that Arundhati Roy, t