In a historic US election, President Donald Trump was ousted from office by Joe Biden. Biden won 50.8% of the popular vote, while Trump still managed 47.5% in the largest voter turnout since 1908. The presidency of...
Julius Nyerere
A massive step backwards
Zimbabwe’s new president has vowed to entrench constitutionalism and uphold the rule of law, but recent events suggest otherwise The attempt to reverse decades of Zimbabwe’s economic ruin after Robert Mugabe’s fall in...
Time for change
African leadership: the golden age The continent’s current crop of leaders is more acquiescent than their post-colonial predecessors in dealing with external attempts at unwarranted interference Former Nigerian...
Troubled and ambiguous
Heritage: the long shadows of past and present Commemorating heritage in Africa is no longer the exclusive province of governments There was an interesting exchange between Thabo Mbeki and Constand Viljoen in the late...
Africa’s developmental focus moves to the cities
Rapid urban growth in Africa means these city populations have become politically more important Why has it taken so long for the city to figure as a major factor in the developmental discourse around Africa? To answer...
BOOK REVIEW: Of heroes and villains
Africa’s best and worst presidents: How neo-colonialism and imperialism maintained venal rules in Africa. By Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango, Langaa Research and Publishing, 2016 Tanzanian writer Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango’s book on...
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