Nigerian doctors strike for better pay and working conditions
By Dounard Bondo
A major union of Nigerian public medical professionals declared an indefinite strike starting Thursday, April 1st, as the Covid-19 pandemic wages on...
Digital archives immortalize West African culinary and political history
By Kay Ugwuede
The seeds that blossomed into Ozoz Sokoh’s FeastAfrique, a digital archive and library of West African culinary history, were several: past experiences...
Adji Sarr and Ousmane Sonko, or rape culture at its zenith
By Aïda Dramé
What country is this when at night, the law of the strongest strikes? These mythical lyrics of Michel Berger keep repeating in...
Igangan ablaze: How Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis is spinning out of control
By Pelumi Salako
IGANGAN, Nigeria — On the day of his death, December 11th, 2020, Dr. Fatai Aborode rode on the back of a motorcycle...
Mauritania: A history of land slavery and forced displacement
By Houleye Thiam
Black Mauritanians have historically been stripped of their land ownership rights, most notably beginning in the 1980s when a new law provided...
“Apathy is gone”: After deadly protests, a precarious calm in Senegal
By Elimane Ndao
In early March, daily protests against President Macky Sall rocked Senegal. Security forces reacted violently to the protests and killed 10 young...
Joe Biden’s renewed commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community provokes mixed reactions from queer Nigerians
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
On February 4th, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden renewed the United States’ commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community around the world by...
Senegal’s vaccination campaign works to overcome mistrust
By Aïda Dramé
Nearly a year after the start of the pandemic, the development of vaccines in record time is perceived in Senegal as a...
Côte d’Ivoire: Legislative elections cause a spike in Covid-19 cases
By Ahmed Coulibaly
Though the figures are a far cry from the rates in Europe and North America, the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths...
Healing from depression, “demons” and deliverances: The cost of mental healthcare in Nigeria is...
By Ope Adetayo
When Tukura John Daniel was a child, he noticed he was energetic in one moment and in the next, he was sad...