My son’s interest in my penis, and what it means for African culture
A few but significant lies about African tradition and culture made news headlines in May and June in South Africa. This is not, of course, the first time perso...
Category: Analysis
How Meles rules Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi is the cleverest and most engaging Prime Minister in Africa – at least when he talks to visiting outsiders. When he speaks to his fellow Ethiopians...
Mali: If the music dies…
Mali finds itself in a political paralysis. A rebellion, an islamist uprising, a coup-d'etat: within mere months a seemingly stable country collapses under unre...