Africa in Fact Issue 47
Afropolitanism: a dispatch from the trenches

Afropolitanism: a dispatch from the trenches

Self-determination and identity are deeply emotive issues, and the choices people make in this regard, however controversial, require respect It was already over two years since the boxer formerly known as Cassius Clay...

In search of African culture

In search of African culture

Perceptions that ethnic African cultures are primitive as measured against a western way of life are not supported by modern anthropology Recently in Kenya, in a remote village deep in the western part of this East...

The role of culture in Africa’s development

The role of culture in Africa’s development

Many aspects of African culture can be used to support development, but others have delayed progress Africa is a vast continent with a diversity of cultures. Rather than see this as an impediment to development, the...

Africa’s challenge to modernity

Africa’s challenge to modernity

Contrary to popular belief, Africa’s fortunes and modernity have been intertwined for at least two and a half centuries Africa’s challenge to modernity – and the continent is by no means alone in this – should be...