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A new book explores how media outlets are controlled by powerful forces, from governments to corporations, in Africa and Latin America.
Johannesburg’s inner city has seen a surge in creative hub development, driven by artists with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Adolescents who reported more cross-group friendships had more positive attitudes, including higher trust towards other groups.
Mandatory national service in Ghana has helped national cohesion.
There are about 40 occult-related gangs operating in one province. Understanding what draws young people to them is key to combating them.
The framing of TikTok content could hurt the reputation of the two countries.
Municipal drinking amenities were built to control and profit from African drinking. In Bulawayo, the quality of the beer became a colonial obsession.
A new book revisits her life, work and ideas and shows how relevant they still are today.
What was once just a cultural moment has become a powerful economic engine of cultural tourism.
Netflix’s interest in Africa is more about business than telling nuanced stories about the continent.
The yardstick of progress is broken. It’s time to stop using wealth alone to measure how Africa is doing.
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo is changing contemporary Ghanaian art.
Designed for purpose over profit, these DIY spaces thrive in cities, involve local neighbourhoods in storytelling, and build new possible worlds.
It’s time to rethink how Africa’s public spaces are defined and designed – by listening to how people already make cities public.
The Interpreters is a new anthology of creative nonfiction that opens an intriguing window on South Africa.
From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.
Ghana needs to empower women by providing them with the resources they need to flourish and fight abuse.
An increasing number of elderly Ghanaians live without daily family support.
African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.
A new book draws on over 600 cases of users tricked by fake listings and fake reviews, scammed out of money or placed in physical danger.
Mbare Art Space has transformed an oppressive colonial building with a vision for the future that’s built on sustainable art practice.
Some African families see orphan-focused NGOs as a path to education and improved lives.
A certain amount of political baggage had to be shaken off before such a feat could be realised – not just in the right words, but in the right spirit.
A ritual and funerary landscape is emerging in northwestern Africa, revealing connections with the Mediterranean, Atlantic and the Saharan regions.