Obaro Ikime, Nigerian academic and historian, died on 25 April 2023. He was 86.
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Philip Miller and Amit Chaudhuri have reworked national anthems to reflect the impact of history on official music.
Missionaries and African translators working on local versions of the Bible divided South Africa’s ethnic groups by language.
The media attention, public backlash and judgement of the dead in the cult saga have made processing the loss difficult for families.
At independence, adults were reading decolonial classics - but children were reading Enid Blyton. A generation of unsung women writers changed that.
The ban on noisemaking in Accra has been known to cause tension in the city.
A backlash against progress in gender and sexual rights is common.
A psychologist and a literary scholar analyse Faceless, a powerful novel about homeless children - and their mothers.
The voices and actions of women who were enslaved reveal how oppression works and what made a difference to those exposed to it
In less than a year the newsletter has become important and influential, offering a new way of appreciating African photography.
The criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations among consenting adults in Kenya worsens social disparities and inequalities.
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, recently signed the copyright law. Its provisions will be beneficial only if it is well implemented.
Hunter-gatherers were an important part of the development of the Mapungubwe Kingdom in southern Africa – a fact that history has tended to neglect.
Fifty years ago the council was created to fight for marginalised communities to participate fairly in sports. Their dream remains unfulfilled.
Composers are keeping bow music alive through electronic music and other experiments.
With over 200 publications to his name, his three most recent books give a sense of why he is so famous as a historian.
Beyond the glamour and fan adulation, African footballers in Europe struggle with adjusting to a new environment.
Adults don’t always listen to or understand children when they are abused.
Pope Francis’ papacy is anchored on what he calls a “revolution of tenderness”.
As Nairobi grows ever taller, and as newer suburbs take over from the central business district as the city’s commercial centres, the Hilton stands as a landmark to a different era.
From butchers to hawkers, and shelters to miners, this book reveals the informal economy and texture of the city.
What a new president needs to know as he takes the reins of a deeply divided and disillusioned country.
The explosive viral spread of the grainy but dramatic footage shows the limits of mainstream media ethics.
Changes in southern African rock art reflect the mixing of groups of people after they came into contact with each other.
Confident chatbots could undermine trust and romance - but probably won’t. They may even enhance online dating.