African Arguments
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The Africa Climate Summit must dare speak the unspeakable
Fossil fuels, by far the biggest source of emissions, have brought much harm and few benefits to Africa. Yet climate agreements barely mention them. ... -
The climate future is here, and it looks like this proud commune in S Africa
With solar power, urban farms, and radical grassroots democracy, eKhenana provides an impressive model for a sustainable low-carbon future. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C ... -
Decolonising African cinema in the time of Netflix
90% of Africa’s cultural legacy resides outside the continent; audiovisual restitution is a battle for memory as urgent as artefact restitution. When film director ... -
Africa Climate Summit: Kenya’s green growth pitch sparks justice concerns
Outcry over McKinsey’s role and unease with Ruto’s focus on finance raises questions as to whether the summit will truly be “by Africans for ... -
Uganda’s boda bodas: Half a century of getting to places, madly
50-odd years ago, Ali Mayende’s innovation in the border town of Busia sparked a revolution that has become the lifeblood of East African public ... -
Young people are the real peacekeepers in Liberia
A generation with no memory of the civil war will be voting in October – despite their abiding loss of faith in Liberia’s politicians. ... -
Africa’s unique path to sustainable industrialisation
As a latecomer to industrialisation, the continent faces some unprecedented challenges as well as opportunities. Economists have long hailed industrialisation as a catalyst for ... -
Nigeria’s coastal communities build flood barriers with mud and sticks
As they continue to wait in vain for state intervention amid rising sea levels, people in Akwa Ibom are taking matters into their own ... -
Niger: The resource politics of a post-colonial revolt
Françafrique, the opaque independence deal that supplied Africa’s resources to France, is being dismantled one coup at a time. Is Yevgeny Prigozhin the new ...
