Arts & Books

‘Africa needs investment in agriculture – better seeds and inputs, improved extension services, education on conservation techniques, regional integration, and investment to build local capacity.

It was with great anticipation that I approached the ‘Kingdom of Ife’ exhibition on display in the central gallery space at the British Museum.

Walk down any of Khartoum’s major roads and you will find Chinese products lining the roadsides. Much has been made about China’s push into Africa, and Sudan is pivotal to China’s interests in the region.

The premise itself of a human rights-themed collection of poems might seem a bit bizarre to some of us.

Through Francis Nyamnjoh’s Immaculate of Mimboland, a foreigner in Botswana, we learn and unlearn a lot about human beings and the solidarities they forge and deny one another.

Akina Mama wa Afrika has launched a new book 'When I Dare to Be Powerful', a collection of herstories of five women engaged in sex work in East Africa.