African Affairs
Xenophobia and shifting roles in Nigeria-South Africa relations
by Adesuyi Ajayi M.D., Ph.D Each time I hear the now-stale complaint about how Nigeria helped South Africa during the…
THE ENDURING EFFECTS OF AFRICANS KIDNAPPING AND SELLING AFRICANS TO ARABS AND EUROPEANS ON AFRICANS AND THEIR CULTURE
This paper hypothesizes that the over one thousand years that slavery took place in Africa, the constant capturing and selling…
TO OUR BELOVED BROTHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
By Femi Fani-Kayode William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caeser' is, in my view, one of his best plays ever written by history's…
Xenophobia uproar in South Africa
by Alice Mpeshe I don't like getting into politics but please allow me to share one last piece about the…
South Africans are Overwhelmed. But..
by Alice Mpeshe Today, I want to talk about the xenophobia in South Africa. I want to tell the truth…
Schoolgates Slammed Shut on Africa’s Innocent Children
by Boma West There are moments in history when a nation reveals its character not in grand political chambers, not…
Chasing Money Abroad Cost Them Their Lives
Somewhere in Nigeria today, a mother is sitting alone in a room that still smells like her child. The photographs…
When Brothers Become Borders: Of Dudula, Xenophobia and Ubuntu
There is a Yoruba wisdom that when kin begin to count themselves as strangers, the compound has already entered trouble.…
Nigeria’s Role in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle: A Personal Reflection:
This reality is deeply disappointing. South Africa, once liberated with the support of allies like Nigeria, has in some ways…
Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika, Nigeria, and the Betrayal of Pan-African Solidarity
South Africa’s liberation was a collective African victory. Nigeria and other African nations invested materially, morally, and spiritually in its…
When Kidnapping Becomes an Industry: Musings on Nigeria’s New Security Reality and Our Broken Civic Imagination
In my earlier works, especially Boko Haram: Peace Culture and the Quest for a United Nigeria (2012), I argued that…
WHY HAS AFRICA NOT PRODUCED A WORLD-CLASS, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER, NOT EVEN A GOOD TRANSACTIONAL LEADER?
By Ozodi Osuji Leaders are people who perceive problems that need to be solved, and needs that need to be…
