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Africa’s writer NgugiwaThiong’o.
AFRICAN INTELLECTUALS

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, literary icon and cultural revolutionary, dies at 87

His pen exposed injustice, honoured heritage and helped free the African imagination from colonial constraint

  • Kibo Ngowi
4 min read
AFRICAN UNION

ANC removes Obed Bapela from NEC position over his Morocco trip

The party veteran has been ousted after he contradicted the ANC’s position on Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara

  • Mandisa Makgakga
2 min read
A supporter of Nigeria’s Labour Party reacts during a global march for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in Abuja, Nigeria. (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)
ENDSARS PROTEST

The imperative for a new Nigeria: Where to for the Obidient Movement?

The movement lacks a unified and inspiring narrative of the future it seeks to create

  • Akanimo Andrew Akpan
14 min read