There is, indeed, radical contingency. Who would have known that a ruling Pope will be the ultimate nemesis of false emperors and professional dictators across the world? Well, in less than... Read more
With as much as about USD$17,000 visa deposit requirement by some African countries, the ‘mission impossible’ alarm was bound to be heard sooner than later about internationalis... Read more
The sun has set conclusively on Prof V. I Mudimbe, one of the earliest strikers in counter-hegemonic Philosophy, with particular reference to the constructedness of Africa. He died April 22n... Read more
The Pope certainly has got no tanks or cruise missiles to strike at anyone but he is the unsurpassable Commander-in-Chief’ of metaphors, the most mobile army in the world. Papal deployment o... Read more
The cover picture that hits our eyes here is that of General Huang Ming, the new commander of the People’s Liberation Army, (PLA)’s Central Theatre Command. That’s the guy in cha... Read more
By Mike Kebonkwu Esq War in Ukraine continues to attract diverse opinions as in this below: Europe is in turmoil as Ukraine is turned into rubble under siege by Russian missiles and tanks. ... Read more
The cover picture has written the story, all by itself. It is a pleasurable, even if risky response to the stressful and incomplete modernisation across Africa. There are no roads, especiall... Read more
It is an old debate that has come back with the death of Tanzanian president, John Magufuli. That is the debate on which of democracy and development should come before the other. The master... Read more
For someone who had said that Africa was “in search of a new historical mode of politics” but who subsequently ended up as a guerrilla fighter, Prof Ernest Wamba Dia Wamba’s death now cannot... Read more
If Africa has been expecting the post-Mugabe era in Zimbabwe to be one of healing, that doesn’t seem to be what is happening in that country if the pictorials and graphics from there are any... Read more
