African Arguments is a pan-African platform for news, investigation and opinion. We seek to analyse issues facing the continent, investigate the stories that matter, and amplify a diversity of voices.

While big news organisations break the news, African Arguments breaks down the news. We do this through our extensive network of journalists, researchers and commentators. We examine the major events making the headlines – adding much-needed nuance, complexity and context – while at the same time shining a light on under-covered issues some would rather were kept in the dark. We cover topics related to politics, economics, gender, the environment, culture, social affairs and much more.

African Arguments also provides a crucial and unique platform for predominantly African writers to reach a predominantly African, and international, audience. 80-90% of our articles are by authors of African descent, as are the majority of our readers.

African Arguments also hosts the sub-section Debating Ideas, which offers more academic discussions around the African Arguments book series

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African Arguments is an editorially-independent platform brought to you by the Royal African Society (RAS). It was co-founded with The World Peace Foundation and International Africa Institute. We are supported by the Open Society Foundation, Miles Morland Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation and #AfricaNoFilter (a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors). We have previously received grants from: Open Society Initiative (Site overheads 2011 – 2014); Humanity United (Making Sense of the Sudans 2014 – 15); United States Institute of Peace (Nigeria Forum 2014 – 15); Expertise on Central Africa (Central Africa Forum 2015).

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Articles are published on a Creative Commons licence.

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Team

Managing & Climate Editor: James Wan ([email protected])

Politics & Society Editor: Parselelo Kantai ([email protected])