Society
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Ebola and Africa’s Preparedness Dividend: From Crisis to Capability
Africa is facing its 17th Ebola outbreak, and this time the continent is meeting it with the most capable response architecture it has ever ... -
Papers, Please: Canon Collins 2026 Essay Shortlisted Finalist
This piece was a shortlisted finalist for the Canon Collins 2026 essay competition. The annual competition invites essays that demonstrate thought leadership and offer ... -
Hijra: Movement, Migration, and Islamic Thought
The question of why 70,000 Moroccans migrated to the Spanish-governed territories of Ceuta and Melilla within hours on 30 July – ‘Throne Day’, which ... -
Africa’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Boom Needs Public Governance, Not Just Private Investment
Across Africa, assisted reproductive technology (ART) is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Fertility clinics are opening in countries where, until recently, couples had little ... -
No Place to Call Home: Increasing Homophobic & Transphobic Laws in the U.S. & Africa
A network of Christian evangelical organizations has spent nearly two decades and tens of millions of dollars fueling a storm of anti-LGBTI+ legislation across ... -
Living and Losing the ECOWAS Dream: Borders, Belonging, and Betrayal
As I entered Benin, I waited for the air to change. I stood at that threshold with the quiet anticipation of someone expecting a ... -
God Forbid a Pan-Africa: Pan-Africanism’s Non-Works
God forbid a Pan-Africa. Pan-Africanism is the belief that all Africans, both on the continent and in the diaspora, are united in solidarity and ... -
Population Density: A Missing Factor in Development — and Why This Is Africa’s Moment
Explanations of why Africa has lagged behind tend to reach for the familiar: weak governance, corruption, ethnic conflict, the legacy of colonial borders. Joe ... -
Sudan: The Unfortunate Alliance
On Foreign Interest, the Ideal Militia, and What a Coloniser Prays He Leaves Behind My grandmother never said displacement. She said: we left the ... -
Africa’s Youth Employment Crisis Has a Curriculum Problem
When I worked for The Harvest Fund, I sat across from women-farmers who had just completed training in milling, business development, food safety. Competent ...
