Adekeye Adebajo
Adekeye Adebajo, a professor and a senior research fellow at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, served on UN missions in South Africa, Western Sahara and Iraq. He is the author of The Splendid Tapestry of African Life: Essays on A Resilient Continent, its Diaspora, and the World (Routledge, 2025) and Global Africa: Profiles in Courage, Creativity and Cruelty (Routledge, 2024). He is also the editor of The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations (Manchester University Press, 2025)
The Black Atlantic’s quest for reparations
/ 14 November 2025

The Black Atlantic’s quest for reparations

The geopolitical environment is arguably not conducive to pursuing reparations for slavery and colonialism. But Africa and its diaspora in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe continue to make headway, with a focus on seeking financial compensation and ending racial discrimination

The UN at 80: Adapt or Die
/ 1 October 2025

The UN at 80: Adapt or Die

With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years. While it is obvious that the world’s premier multilateral body must reform, it is equally obvious that we would all be worse off without it.