Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Not long after the Great American Experiment began, the newly established nation set its sights west. Here’s how a series of conflicts, forged treaties, and forced migration led to the loss of a majority of Indigenous lands. ERIN BLAKEMORE For the citizens of the newly established United States, the vast territory of North America (and […]
Ghana is preparing its first sweeping overhaul of mining legislation in two decades, slashing the length of time companies can operate mines in Africa’s largest gold producer without renewing their rights. EKOW DONTOH Ghana is preparing its first sweeping overhaul of mining legislation in two decades, slashing the length of time companies can operate mines […]
Remains in the graves of St. Helena, where the British military housed “liberated” enslaved Africans, contain isotopes from inland Angola and Zimbabwe SONJA ANDERSON The British Royal Navy spent the better part of the 19th century patrolling the Atlantic, intercepting ships full of captured Africans. Great Britain had outlawed the slave trade in 1807, but […]
How global migration changed international soccer ADAM MINTER Folarin Balogun, star striker for the United States Men’s National Team, helped to lead his country into the World Cup knockout rounds. He could just as easily have been trying to knock them out. Born in New York to Nigerian parents and raised in England, he was […]
KATE BARTLETT Johannesburg has always been a melting pot. Traverse South Africa’s economic capital and you’ll come across Zimbabweans trained as doctors but driving Ubers, Ethiopians running bustling restaurants, and Congolese selling colorful wax print fabrics. Some of these immigrants have lived here for years. Others have recently arrived, seeking a better life in one […]
BEL TREW It started when Amed matched with a man online on a popular dating app. He thought they had friends in common, and so, with his guard down, he agreed to meet. Amed*, who is 36, lives in Nigeria. It has some of the strictest laws against homosexuality in Africa. In the northern state […]
Former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu will be buried in South Africa or Zambia after the country’s Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that would have allowed Zambia’s government to bring his body home for a state funeral in Lusaka. The judgment, delivered on Tuesday, June 23, sided with former First Lady Esther Lungu and […]
A government push to curb undocumented employment is exposing the dependence of many small businesses on migrant labor. QAANITAH HUNTER In the narrow lanes of Fordsburg in central Johannesburg, Junaid Mohammed* stands behind the counter of a family shop that has been in his family for decades. His father started it as a general dealer. […]
Countries pushing for reparations for slavery have hailed a milestone after adopting a shared manifesto for reparatory justice at a global summit in Ghana. Participants said the conference had given new momentum to their fight on both sides of the Atlantic. The three-day summit at Osu Castle in Accra, which ended on Friday, June 19, […]
Loud and expressive mourners are common at funerals around the world — but in parts of Kenya, some of them may be paid workers ASA WALLIN The body of Tom Ochieng Mima is dressed in formal funeral finery, casket shaded from the hot western Kenyan sun as family and friends of the late 64-year-old settle […]