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    Africa’s quest for food security must be premised on continent’s realities

    By Peter Kamalingin
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    While there’s an urgent need to improve productivity, emphasis should be laid on ridding the food systems of inequality.  Lately, there have been quite ...
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    November 12, 2021
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    The #EndSARS panels one year on: Was justice ever delivered? 

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    October 20, 2021
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  • Editor's PicksEgyptRadical Activism in Africa

    Egypt’s sexual revolutionaries tackling the tyranny within

    By Mona Eltahawy
    October 20, 2021
    Meet the women and queer people sparking a revolution against the patriarchy through Arabic-language online platforms and sex toys. This article is part of ...
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    October 18, 2021
    When everyone knows the emperor has no clothes but no one dares say it out loud, even the smallest acts of dissent become ones ...
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    By Leigh-Ann Naidoo
    October 14, 2021
    A solidarity action with activists from around the world taught me how deeply power relations are embedded even in our movements.  This article is ...
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    Africa’s revolution will be tweeted…if activists can harness the opportunity

    By Ayo Sogunro
    October 13, 2021
    With the right strategic thinking, social media can help cultivate the kind of pan-African solidarity that would’ve excited the likes of Nkrumah.  This article ...
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    Thinking radically in Africa must start with political education

    By Nanjala Nyabola
    October 12, 2021
    It’s easy to dismiss education as part of the work that an activist does, but without it our activism remains reactionary, not radical. This ...
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