Why Architect David Adjaye Matters
The public’s appetite for starchitects has made the competition for President Obama’s library an ongoing, glamorous story, and on December…
Political and Social Commentary
Zimbabwe: Top Court Outlaws Child Marriage
Zimbabwe’s constitutional court has outlawed child marriage after two women who married as children took the government to court. One-third…
Ethiopian opposition urges scrutiny of industrial plan
The international community needs to pressure the Ethiopian government to halt land grabs and respect human rights, an opposition party leader…
Remembering a Friend and Comrade
I no longer recall when exactly I met Sam. Maybe it was in the late 1970s at CODESRIA, or in…
The Myth Of Africa Overpopulation
Last month in Paris, a conference gathered a panel of white people to think about more effective ways to reduce…
Advancing Food Sovereignty to Transform Economies
From an Interview with Mamadou Goïta Edited by Simone Adler and Beverly Bell December 2, 2015 Mamadou Goïta is a…