African Arguments
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Moving the Talai: How the British tried, and failed, to eliminate the native prophets of the Rift Valley
The evidence of colonial Britain’s attempt to eliminate the Talai a century ago is only now coming to light, as the last of the ... -
How progressive taxation can raise trillions for climate action
A new report finds that developed countries could raise $2 trillion in climate finance per year by raising their tax-to-GDP ratios by four points. ... -
The Basket of HIV Prevention Options Needs to Be Filled
The end of the HIV pandemic is in sight thanks to radical new innovations and treatments. We stand at a thrilling precipice in the ... -
How Afrobeats is sampling nostalgia for the Gen Zs
With the industry awash with money, global notoriety, bold Afrobeats producers are buying early Afrobeats records, channelling them to an audience seeking its slice ... -
Rwanda: The eternal sunshine of the spotless election
Kagame’s latest electoral victory is testimony to the impressive work of the electoral commission in moulding the numbers to fit predetermined results. At the ... -
A story within a story: The making and unmaking of Ethiopia’s imperial messiah
This unauthorised biography of Abiy Ahmed is a nuanced, unsparing examination of a leader trying to hold together a republic being undone by its ... -
The rise of the African left
Bassirou Faye and PASTEF’s victory in Senegal in March marked the stunning, decade-long rise of a leftist party. As Africa’s Gen Z protest movements ... -
Debt and the Gen Z protests: The moral economy of the African crowd
A generation after the 1980s debt crisis triggered the rebirth of democracy on the continent, will Kenya’s youthful idealists spark a pan-African revolt? The ...
