Society
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We need to talk about Ghana’s Year of Return and its politics of exclusion
The campaign had the opportunity to welcome all people of African descent and fully engage with their history of slavery. It did not. In ... -
“Here we have no life”: The migrant workers persevering in Libya
Despite the risks, the plan for Ghanaian workers in Libya is straightforward. Survive, earn, return. Before Kaye and his crew of Ghanaian migrant workers ... -
“Crying since morning”: Trafficking survivors’ double trauma in Nigeria
Nigeria must increase efforts to curb trafficking and stop detaining survivors. In 2017, 18-year-old Ebunoluwa E. from Lagos believed she was on her way ... -
Africa Insiders: Don’t ignore World AIDS Day
Maybe it’s because it fell on a Sunday, but World AIDS Day came and went this year with little fanfare — underscoring just how ... -
Mental health in Africa: The need for a new approach
Innovations, many pioneered in Africa, are making mental health treatment more possible and affordable, but more needs to be done. Joshua lives in Sierra ... -
Child sexual exploitation is on the rise. When will governments act?
Across Africa, there must be tougher and enforced laws set up against the factors that allow child sex offenders to thrive. Of all the ... -
A German association called for fixes for Africa’s problems. It’s one of them.
Where is the ‘African’ in African Studies? Not in the African Studies Association of Germany. When the African Studies Association Germany (VAD) recently published a ... -
Refugees: Rwanda helps hundreds, but thousands more languish in Libya
International policy towards refugees tends to ignore root causes and often makes humanitarian crises worse. In the last month or so, nearly 200 refugees ... -
If you believe you are a citizen of the world…
What’s remarkable today is not that identities are becoming more fluid and borderless, but that they ever became fixed and bordered. As a member ... -
On Lionheart’s Oscar ban: Is Nigerian English a Foreign Language?
US universities treat Nigerian English as a foreign language. The Oscars say it is not foreign enough. As a linguist and former teacher of ...
