Rhodes must fall: Why colonial symbols are loathed in Africa
In an article originally published in 2015, Baffour Ankomah looks at the successful campaign to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the University of Cape Town
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On autopilot to nowhere
After winning the war for independence, Africa seems to have lost its mojo and, without a point of reference, seems to be drifting aimlessly. How can we regain the pre-independence spirit?
The border inside
Back in 2002. Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Uganda President Yoweri Museveni speak to the residents of Kabale, 22 km from the Uganda-Rwanda border, at a meeting to improve relations between the two countries. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
“We deliberately spread AIDS in South Africa”
In a shocking confession, made on camera in a new documentary released last month, a former member of South Africa’s Apartheid-era intelligence service says that …
Saying the unspeakable
Italy’s Luigi Di Maio finally said what everybody knows but pretends not to – that the French pull virtually all the strings in their former …
Something more sinister?
In a shocking confession, made on camera in a new documentary released last month, a former member of South Africa’s Apartheid-era intelligence service says that …