Tearing Down History
Cecil Rhodes was racist but his life needs to be historically contextualised, not simply attacked
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
ONLINE ONLY: The Jihad Against Culture
Mali's literary heritage is at risk of destruction by Islamists bent on eradicating all art that doesn't fit their oppressive worldview
Why Africa is Turning East
Dambisa Moyo's Winner Take All is a worthwhile attempt to focus attention on China's increasing influence in Africa but the author fails to adequately tackle the subject
Bowled Over
From Havana to Kigali, cricket’s good-news stories can be found in the least likely places In 1895, Winston Churchill, then a journalist covering the uprising against Spanish rule, made an optimistic prediction
“At last, I feel proud to be Libyan”
Under Gaddafi, Libya was plagued by xenophobic attacks. But now its citizens are reveling in their new-found racial freedom
Secret Deal With South Africa’s Stalinists
Britain quietly allowed anti-apartheid exiles to run guerrilla operations from London as long as they stayed off the streets
A Tale of Love, Bulls and Goats
A tribal wedding in Kenya shows that globalisation can be reconciled with the preservation of time-honoured ways of life
Keen Kenyans
Despite 40 per cent unemployment and lack of infrastructure, an entrepreneurial spirit has lead many young Kenyans to prosper
Johannesburg: Hard Pressed
'I would like to think that all the politically correct Brits who lined up to condemn me for "juxtapositional racism" might say a word or two about the extinction of media freedom
Mogadishu: Armageddon on Steroids
‘The fighting in Somalia can no longer be dismissed as an obscure domestic struggle in an unimportant country of no wider relevance to the world. The crackle of machinegun fire in Mogadishu,
South Africa: The ANC’S Health Lesson for Obama
Health care reform is one of the hardest things in politics. If Obama may be heading for defeat or a bloody draw, this is nothing compared to what awaits the ANC as
Adventures of a Book in Africa
Michela Wrong's exposé of corruption in Kenya was suppressed, then pirated, and finally rescued by an unlikely combination of saviours.