In the CFA franc, the French colonial mission in West Africa found a way to ensure a paternalist and pernicious stranglehold on the economies of a vast region of the continent.
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Yahoo Boy No Laptop
Dami Ajayi celebrates the eclectic sound and success of Olamide, arguably Nigeria’s […]
The New Thing: Part II*
The pretence of cultural hubs in the “world class” metropolis of Johannesburg […]
Shoki Master
By Oris Aigbokhaevbolo Like any story worth telling, this one involves […]
Jollof Diaries – A letter from the frontline
By Folakunle Oshun 30 October 2015 It was the first day of […]
Blame Me On History
Atiyyah Khan is a writer, researcher and arts journalist based in Cape […]
The Sahara Is Not A Boundary
Stacy Hardy is a writer and senior editor at Chimurenga. She is […]
How To Cook Your Husband The African Way
Stacy Hardy is a writer and senior editor at Chimurenga. She is […]
A Letter from a Homeless Prodigal
Emeka Ugwu is a Data Analyst who lives in Lagos, Nigeria. He […]
Maggic Cube
These images are from photographer Adji Dieye’s series titled “Maggic Cube”, based […]
No Congo, No Technology
Post-disciplinary artist, Maurice Mbikayi, was born in Kinshasa, in 1974. His country […]
Second Transition
“Second Transition” refers to the phase of liberation struggle in South Africa […]
In Bond We Trust?
Nearly a decade on from the worst postcolonial turmoil that saw their currency devalued by thousands of percentage points, Zimbabweans have had to brace themselves as the government introduced another face-saving tender.
The Hunger Games
In an age of security, the politics of what and how we […]
Dear President Museveni
By Isaac Otidi Amuke I have debated about writing this for days, in […]
Radical Rudeness
By Paula Akugizibwe In Seeing, Jose Saramago’s novel about the death of […]
Grandmothers Teaching: A view from South Africa
The proliferation of MA in Creative Writing programmes at universities raises questions […]
Between: The state and Bhut’ Joe, the frequency and the future
An exchange between Julie Nxadi and Asher Gamedze unravels the state of […]
Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams: A history of creative writing instruction in East AfricaFrom the earnest hustle of our elders in writing during the 1960s […]
No One Will Save You: Remembering Kenya’s Karl Marx
Student movements in many African countries have historically confronted contradictions of colonial […]
Pan African Activism Meets Mamdanisation
Theory and practice have been butting heads at Makerere University’s Institute of […]
ALL I CAN SAY FOR NOW
By Jean-Christophe Lanquetin* During the last five years of Unathi Sigenu’s life, […]
Bread of Life
Commercial bread contains additives to accelerate production and to improve the look […]
Calabar Winch
By Akin Adesokan I When the goddess of happy accidents stumbles on […]
African Cookbooks and Excess Luggage
By Yemisi Aribisala There is a sense of justice and spirit of resignation […]
How to Wear a Kitchen
Yemisi Aribisala ponders the small-minded commentary on the room best kept by […]
THE CHRONIC, APRIL 2017
Food security – an industry fuelled by massive material resources and expert knowledge aimed ostensibly at managing […]
Rented Grave: Looking beyond the rural-urban dichotomy
Commonplace readings of Africa narrate the village as a segregated space, its […]
“Angazi, but I’m sure”: A Raw Académie Session
RAW Material Company is a Dakar-based centre for art, knowledge and society; […]
“Angazi, but I’m sure”: A Raw Académie Session
RAW Material Company is a Dakar-based centre for art, knowledge and society; […]
Fufu Pot: A Truth Hard to Swallow
In search of another interesting meal from the myriad on offer in […]
Nollywood Kiss
Is kissing a Nigerian habit or merely the preoccupation of neurotic French […]
The Second German Chronic is Here
The second German-language edition of the Chronic takes up the theme of new […]
PASS landing at the CiC Library, Cairo
From 17 -19 February 2017, the Pan African Space Station landed in […]
brinjals
By Cullen Goldblatt A half teaspoonful of cream of tartar to stop […]
You Can’t Get Lost in the Samoosa Triangle*
By Rustum Kozain The triangle is geometry’s favourite form. Circles, rectangles, squares, […]
POLITRICKS IN THE STADIUM
Melanie Boehi discusses how, for politicians, sports tournaments such as the upcoming […]
SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE MATCH
By Abdourahman A. Waberi* (translated by Carolyn Shread). A small coastal town on […]
FOOTBALL CANNOT GO FASTER THAN POLITICS
Athletes are not immune to their political surroundings and football, in particular, […]
Marikana
On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service opened fire on […]
The Complete Gentleman
In London Kamwendo’s interpretation of Amos Tutuola’s sly satire of spectral global capitalism […]
From the earnest hustle of our elders in writing during the 1960s […]
No One Will Save You: Remembering Kenya’s Karl Marx
Student movements in many African countries have historically confronted contradictions of colonial […]
Pan African Activism Meets Mamdanisation
Theory and practice have been butting heads at Makerere University’s Institute of […]
ALL I CAN SAY FOR NOW
By Jean-Christophe Lanquetin* During the last five years of Unathi Sigenu’s life, […]
Bread of Life
Commercial bread contains additives to accelerate production and to improve the look […]
Calabar Winch
By Akin Adesokan I When the goddess of happy accidents stumbles on […]
African Cookbooks and Excess Luggage
By Yemisi Aribisala There is a sense of justice and spirit of resignation […]
How to Wear a Kitchen
Yemisi Aribisala ponders the small-minded commentary on the room best kept by […]
THE CHRONIC, APRIL 2017
Food security – an industry fuelled by massive material resources and expert knowledge aimed ostensibly at managing […]
Rented Grave: Looking beyond the rural-urban dichotomy
Commonplace readings of Africa narrate the village as a segregated space, its […]
“Angazi, but I’m sure”: A Raw Académie Session
RAW Material Company is a Dakar-based centre for art, knowledge and society; […]
“Angazi, but I’m sure”: A Raw Académie Session
RAW Material Company is a Dakar-based centre for art, knowledge and society; […]
Fufu Pot: A Truth Hard to Swallow
In search of another interesting meal from the myriad on offer in […]
Nollywood Kiss
Is kissing a Nigerian habit or merely the preoccupation of neurotic French […]
The Second German Chronic is Here
The second German-language edition of the Chronic takes up the theme of new […]
PASS landing at the CiC Library, Cairo
From 17 -19 February 2017, the Pan African Space Station landed in […]
brinjals
By Cullen Goldblatt A half teaspoonful of cream of tartar to stop […]
You Can’t Get Lost in the Samoosa Triangle*
By Rustum Kozain The triangle is geometry’s favourite form. Circles, rectangles, squares, […]
POLITRICKS IN THE STADIUM
Melanie Boehi discusses how, for politicians, sports tournaments such as the upcoming […]
SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE MATCH
By Abdourahman A. Waberi* (translated by Carolyn Shread). A small coastal town on […]
FOOTBALL CANNOT GO FASTER THAN POLITICS
Athletes are not immune to their political surroundings and football, in particular, […]
Marikana
On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service opened fire on […]
The Complete Gentleman
In London Kamwendo’s interpretation of Amos Tutuola’s sly satire of spectral global capitalism […]