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The Good News Africa Talking Points Lady
On my first day of school in fourth grade, my teacher saw my name on the roster, looked around the room until she caught my eye, and pulled down the world map in front of the classroom. Sensing a...
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Why Numbers Aren’t Enough: Challenges to Gender Equity in South Africa
Lindiwe Mazibuko, a young South African politician, is one of the youngest parliamentarian leaders in the world. As the first black leader of the parliamentary caucus of the Democratic Alliance (DA),...
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On Indignation and the African Diaspora (A Response)
When ruminating about my place in the world, my father falls back on an old Yoruba adage, Ko seku Ko seyan Àdán: neither a rodent, nor a bird, a bat. Bats, the only mammals that fly, inhabit both the...
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Can Music Change the Way the World Sees Africa?
This article is a first in our youth series. CompareAfrique.com encourages young Africanists to join the conversation and share their collective vision for the continent. Interested youths will be...
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Africa Is Rising. Africans Are Not.
Sometimes development is uneven. This statement, uttered by a businessman working towards a “cashless Nigeria,” led to the realization that my worker-centered philosophy was incompatible with those of...
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#ChangeCourseObama
U.S. policy towards Africa in the Obama years has thus far been a tale of disappointment and failure. While he may have a direct link to Sub-Saharan Africa, President Barack Obama is not sympathetic...
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Dear Americans, Your Hashtags Won’t #BringBackOurGirls. You Might Actually Be...
Simple question. Are you Nigerian? Do you have constitutional rights accorded to Nigerians to participate in their democratic process? If not, I have news you. You can’t do anything about the girls...
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Don’t Break Bread With Despots: A Reminder For President Obama
“Governments that respect the will of their own people, that govern by consent and not coercion, are more prosperous, they are more stable and more successful.” –President Barack Obama, July 2009 At...
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Direct Your Indignation At Abuja, Not CNN
Yes, you are right. The Western media is not paying attention to the tragedy in Nigeria where 2,000 people were slaughtered by Boko Haram. On the front page of the New York Times on Tuesday morning...
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Improbable Progress, Impossible Politics – The Necessity of Media...
Indignation on social media often appears as performed political piety, running high on the smoke of misinformation. Recently, Jumoke Balogun instructed us to direct our indignant attentions to Abuja...
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Nollywood Rising: The Social Responsibility of Africa’s Largest Film Industry
Nollywood, Nigeria’s answer to Hollywood is a hodge-podge of poorly edited “dramedies” that border on the ridiculous; predictable plotlines, uneven cinematography, and laughable special effects make...
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