Society
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Think African Podcast ep 7: Fighting for the law in West Africa
African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town. Think African examines the ... -
Tigray: Our suffering may not be convenient, but it is real
The state’s one-sided narrative has not just shattered Ethiopians’ shared understanding of reality but eroded the social fabric that held us together. I grew ... -
Africa has the right tool to protect women’s rights. It needs to use it
18 years after African leaders adopted the Maputo Protocol, a progressive initiative by and for Africans, it is still yet to be fully implemented. ... -
The Thief Cannot Prescribe: On “Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes”
Phillips’s book is a well-written feat of archival research, but attempts to justify plunder while debating if the Benin Bronzes should be returned. Early in ... -
Think African Podcast Ep 6: Who is the law for?
African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town. Think African examines the ... -
South Africa unrest: We are not a failed state, but a failed global system
South Africa encapsulates global inequalities – and the kinds of tumult we’ll see more and more of worldwide – inside national borders. South Africa ... -
The fatal flaw in Uganda’s emergency relief
The government is using national ID data to find those in need of Covid relief. Yet millions of the most marginalised aren’t even on ... -
Tigrayans in Ethiopia fear becoming “the next Rwanda”
As hate speech and targeting of Tigrayans escalates in Addis Ababa, many are terrified and some are planning to flee. Yared* has not left ... -
Think African Podcast Ep5: We belong here
African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town. Think African examines the ... -
Haacaaluu Hundeessaa Boonsaa: A legacy larger than death
A year after Haacaaluu’s assassination, I miss him. Oromia misses him. Ethiopia misses him. But his legacy of kindness and resistance lives on. Hundeessaa ...
