Voices

A young man stands on a quiet street, holding a microphone with both hands. A soft glowing soundwave passes across his chest, suggesting music or a voice. A few blurred figures stand behind him, watching from a distance.
‘He was telling the truth’: The queer Zimbabwean artist whose music outlived him

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I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like

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Ghana’s queer movement is losing a fight it could be ‘winning’

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A portrait of a young girl in a yellow-tinted library filled with water. In the background behind her, there are also people on boats and desks shaped like boats.
A library becomes a lifeline for out-of-school children in a Nigerian fishing community

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A side view of a student with a speech bubble of jumbled letters against a green chalkboard. The highlighted letters in the bubble spell the words "IT IS A STRUGGLE".
“I was struggling to speak”: Nigerians who stutter on navigating the education system

Oyo, Nigeria (Minority Africa) — In February 2024, Abdulqudus Jimoh (27), who had just gained…

Three people dressed in Ugandan traditional attires: the Kanzu robe (middle) and the Gomesi dress (left and right); and posing against a yellow background while being surrounded by red bubbles containing the words “sweet”, “akasaka”, “bad touches”, “ssenga”, “kasolo”, “ekigaasi” and symbols representing the male and female gender.
“Small animal”: How language reinforces climates of sexual violence in Uganda

Thinking back to her first intimate encounter with her husband, Jane, a mother of four…

Cameroon: How churches are a breeding ground for the exclusion of Persons with Disabilities.
Cameroon: How churches are a breeding ground for the exclusion of Persons with Disabilities

In 2017, a friend invited me to a church in Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s…

A dull black-and-white background burnt from the middle to reveal 5 different styles of hijab worn by women against different colourful backgrounds.
Hijabi Discrimination In Nigeria Makes Navigating The Workplace Difficult for Muslim Women

“Do you always wear that?”  “That thing on your head is not professional.”  “Your hair…

A young woman having a presentation on climate change and possible solutions with a climate change poster in the background.
Climate change education: Teach large corporations to protect the environment

I used to work at an NGO focused on climate change and environmental awareness. I…

An oil drill with the US and EU flags drilling a melting planet Earth.
The West’s De-Growth Narrative Poisons The Climate Debate Across Africa

The EU and US are talking over Africa, rebuking the construction of new coal power…

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