Uganda: Why Sub-Standard Goods Flood the Market? Chris Blattman writes about common donors’ mistakes. Women, Africa, and the informal sector. South Africa:  President Jacob Zuma is HIV-negative. We wish him well. Sudan: Incumbent President Omar al-Bashir is declared the winner of the polls. Well, that’s a shocker… French Lawyer uses racist slurs at the International [...]

To all of us who have experienced the adventure that is a boda-boda (motorcycle-taxi in East Africa, primarily in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo)

In my country is the type of movie one might see no reason in reviewing. The seriousness of the topic combined with the predictability and banality of some of the characters, the sloppy writing and the cheesy nature of some of the scenes makes me just want to get through my review as soon as [...]

This is a short paper I wrote for a course on Women in Modern Africa. I think there are some interesting debates on how life histories should be interpreted and analyzed here, so I’m posting it on my website hoping that it might be of interest to young scholars and researchers who are are doing [...]

When many Westerners hear of Africa, they think of violence, civil war, famine and rape. However, in many African cities I often felt much safer than in Chicago where I have been living since 2006. Therefore, I decided to make a list of major or at least well-known African cities where I truly felt safer than [...]

Art in Tanzania is an NGO operating in East Africa with projects in Tanzania and Ethiopia. One of their amazing initiatives has been to promote and support local artists and assist them with recording and promoting their music. This project has had some success and the organization is working on new strategies that will give [...]

Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf becomes the first Liberian President to ever visit Brazil. Climate change and its implications for Africa are analyzed in this timely  article. Ghana: Not a lot of attention is paid by local media to gender issues. Women and micro-finance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Racial tensions and Nazi salutes at [...]

“Women in Modern Africa” is a class I’m taking at U Chicago this quarter. It is, according to Professor Rachel Jean Baptiste, the course instructor, the first time in the history of the university when such a course is taught in Chicago. Out of the 31 people registered in the class, only two are men. [...]