Africa Is a Country
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Emmanuel Solate contributes a photo essay on Nigeria’s Durbars and the power of royal pageantry. africasacountry.com/2025/11/nige...
Heritage on horseback
A photo essay on Nigeria’s Durbars and the power of royal pageantry.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Emmanuel Solate contributes a photo essay on Nigeria’s Durbars and the power of royal pageantry. africasacountry.com/2025/11/nige...
The African Five a Side podcast sat down with new coach of MC Algiers, Rhulani Mokwena, on his new life in Algiers after coaching the Mamelodi Sundowns: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0G_...
Rhulani Mokwena speaks about life in Algiers, coaching principles, CAF CL and Sundowns
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November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The African Five a Side podcast sat down with new coach of MC Algiers, Rhulani Mokwena, on his new life in Algiers after coaching the Mamelodi Sundowns: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0G_...
You can now watch back the panel from the launch of our inaugural print edition "Revolution Deferred" at the Africa Is a Country Festival in Nairobi. Get your copy at our store africasacountry.com/store youtu.be/UGgKp0QZMqY?si
Africa is a Country Physical Edition Launch Panel
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November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
You can now watch back the panel from the launch of our inaugural print edition "Revolution Deferred" at the Africa Is a Country Festival in Nairobi. Get your copy at our store africasacountry.com/store youtu.be/UGgKp0QZMqY?si
Half a century after the Soviets built their base on the Gulf of Aden, the same strategic coastline is once more drawing in foreign powers, old and new. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
When Moscow looked to the horn
Half a century after the Soviets built their base on the Gulf of Aden, the same strategic coastline is once more drawing in foreign powers, old and new.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Half a century after the Soviets built their base on the Gulf of Aden, the same strategic coastline is once more drawing in foreign powers, old and new. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
The Confederation of African Football's Champions League just kicked off with the first match between MC Algiers and Al Hilal. Preview this season's competition with Maher Mezahi on the African Five-a-side podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGXW...
CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IS BACK! Previewing: Al Hilal - MC Algiers, Sundowns - Lupopo, Ahly- JS Kabylie
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November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Confederation of African Football's Champions League just kicked off with the first match between MC Algiers and Al Hilal. Preview this season's competition with Maher Mezahi on the African Five-a-side podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGXW...
How much does a Nigerian intellectual cost? africasacountry.com/2025/11/how-...
How much does a Nigerian intellectual cost?
The country that once produced some of Africa’s fiercest moral voices now struggles to sustain independent thought.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
How much does a Nigerian intellectual cost? africasacountry.com/2025/11/how-...
Jean Maxime Baptiste’s latest film listens to how grief and history reverberate across generations in French Guiana. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
The sound of what remains
Jean Maxime Baptiste’s latest film listens to how grief and history reverberate across generations in French Guiana.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Jean Maxime Baptiste’s latest film listens to how grief and history reverberate across generations in French Guiana. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
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The colleagues at @africasacountry.bsky.social have republished my article on the rise of the military class now steering politics in several African countries — with Madagascar the latest example — and what is driving this problem.
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The coup kids are in charge now
Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The colleagues at @africasacountry.bsky.social have republished my article on the rise of the military class now steering politics in several African countries — with Madagascar the latest example — and what is driving this problem.
africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
The coup kids are in charge now
Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites.
africasacountry.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
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Texto revelador.
"La cumbre del G20 es una oportunidad, sí, pero sólo si África se niega a ser presentada una vez más como la presa de las ambiciones verdes del mundo."
"La cumbre del G20 es una oportunidad, sí, pero sólo si África se niega a ser presentada una vez más como la presa de las ambiciones verdes del mundo."
Africa’s first G20 presidency could mark a turning point for the continent—or simply another performance of green-washed extraction led by mining elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/whos...
Whose transition is it anyway?
Africa’s first G20 presidency could mark a turning point for the continent—or simply another performance of green-washed extraction led by mining elites.
africasacountry.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Texto revelador.
"La cumbre del G20 es una oportunidad, sí, pero sólo si África se niega a ser presentada una vez más como la presa de las ambiciones verdes del mundo."
"La cumbre del G20 es una oportunidad, sí, pero sólo si África se niega a ser presentada una vez más como la presa de las ambiciones verdes del mundo."
While the world debates restitution, Africa’s own heritage institutions are collapsing. The question is no longer who took our past, but who is keeping it alive. africasacountry.com/2025/11/who-...
Who cares about African heritage?
While the world debates restitution, Africa’s own heritage institutions are collapsing. The question is no longer who took our past, but who is keeping it alive.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
While the world debates restitution, Africa’s own heritage institutions are collapsing. The question is no longer who took our past, but who is keeping it alive. africasacountry.com/2025/11/who-...
Trump’s aid cuts have gutted HIV programs across Nigeria—forcing local women-led groups to rebuild health and dignity from below. africasacountry.com/2025/11/life...
Life after PEPFAR
Trump’s aid cuts have gutted HIV programs across Nigeria—forcing local women-led groups to rebuild health and dignity from below.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trump’s aid cuts have gutted HIV programs across Nigeria—forcing local women-led groups to rebuild health and dignity from below. africasacountry.com/2025/11/life...
In this episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, Maher Mezahi recaps the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying (CAF zone) confederation play-off between Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and DR Congo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ihh...
Nigeria and DR Congo advance to final of African 2026 World Cup qualifying playoffs
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November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In this episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, Maher Mezahi recaps the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying (CAF zone) confederation play-off between Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and DR Congo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ihh...
Africa’s first G20 presidency could mark a turning point for the continent—or simply another performance of green-washed extraction led by mining elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/whos...
Whose transition is it anyway?
Africa’s first G20 presidency could mark a turning point for the continent—or simply another performance of green-washed extraction led by mining elites.
africasacountry.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Africa’s first G20 presidency could mark a turning point for the continent—or simply another performance of green-washed extraction led by mining elites. africasacountry.com/2025/11/whos...
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When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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After 29 COPs, what has truly shifted? The theatre of inclusion masks a structure designed to preserve the status quo.
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After 29 COPs, what has truly shifted? The theatre of inclusion masks a structure designed to preserve the status quo.
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The geography of a storm
Hurricane Melissa made clear what COP30 obscures: the climate crisis still follows the lines of empire.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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After 29 COPs, what has truly shifted? The theatre of inclusion masks a structure designed to preserve the status quo.
africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
After 29 COPs, what has truly shifted? The theatre of inclusion masks a structure designed to preserve the status quo.
africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
From Iraq to Gaza, empire no longer needs to annihilate populations when it can dismantle the very structures that make collective life possible. africasacountry.com/2025/11/elim...
Elimination by other means
From Iraq to Gaza, empire no longer needs to annihilate populations when it can dismantle the very structures that make collective life possible.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From Iraq to Gaza, empire no longer needs to annihilate populations when it can dismantle the very structures that make collective life possible. africasacountry.com/2025/11/elim...
Made just as Sudan descended into war, 'Khartoum' captures the beauty, pain, and humanity of a city shaken by violence—and the filmmakers who became refugees alongside their subjects. africasacountry.com/2025/11/film...
Filming what survives
Made just as Sudan descended into war, Khartoum captures the beauty, pain, and humanity of a city shaken by violence—and the filmmakers who became refugees alongside their subjects.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Made just as Sudan descended into war, 'Khartoum' captures the beauty, pain, and humanity of a city shaken by violence—and the filmmakers who became refugees alongside their subjects. africasacountry.com/2025/11/film...
Some readers asked for it, so we delivered. You can now get our "Weekend Special" newsletter as a sharable standalone webpage. africasacountry.com/list/campaig... ... Archive available soon, subscribe on africasacountry.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Some readers asked for it, so we delivered. You can now get our "Weekend Special" newsletter as a sharable standalone webpage. africasacountry.com/list/campaig... ... Archive available soon, subscribe on africasacountry.com
From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor. Ntsika Dapo takes a look at citizenship in South Africa through the lens of Mahmood Mamdani africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
The invention of foreigners
From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor. Ntsika Dapo takes a look at citizenship in South Africa through the lens of Mahmood Mamdani africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...
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This names exactly why I just feel burned out rn: a constant barrage of human suffering without actual care to it is deeply alienating and traumatizing and I'm sick of pretending otherwise
Using folk's suffering to feel ethical, then ignoring them, is a monstrous practice we've normalized
Using folk's suffering to feel ethical, then ignoring them, is a monstrous practice we've normalized
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.
africasacountry.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This names exactly why I just feel burned out rn: a constant barrage of human suffering without actual care to it is deeply alienating and traumatizing and I'm sick of pretending otherwise
Using folk's suffering to feel ethical, then ignoring them, is a monstrous practice we've normalized
Using folk's suffering to feel ethical, then ignoring them, is a monstrous practice we've normalized
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.
africasacountry.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity. africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...
Nairobi’s cultural moment reflects both the promise of continental imagination and the anxiety of performing arrival for the world’s gaze. africasacountry.com/2025/11/glob...
Global Africa for whom?
Nairobi’s cultural moment reflects both the promise of continental imagination and the anxiety of performing arrival for the world’s gaze.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Nairobi’s cultural moment reflects both the promise of continental imagination and the anxiety of performing arrival for the world’s gaze. africasacountry.com/2025/11/glob...