Nigeria vs Mozambique AFCON watchalong with @mahermezahi.bsky.social and crew live now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCs_...

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations marks a transition period for the Nigerian men's national football team. This could be good for them and the nation. africasacountry.com/2026/01/grou...

While international media focuses on the legacy of Mohamed Salah during this Africa Cup of Nations, Egyptians are focused on a pair of identical twin brothers. africasacountry.com/2026/01/the-...

While most sports in South Africa are inseparable from the national political imagination, men's football manages to stay relatively removed. Why? africasacountry.com/2026/01/why-...

Does the development of African football necessitate a trade off in vibes at continental tournaments? africasacountry.com/2026/01/just...

How the Congolese national team has become a rare source of unity, recognition, and solidarity for communities living through war. africasacountry.com/2025/12/cedr...

AFCON, migration and identity @mahermezahi.bsky.social @africasacountry.bsky.social africasacountry.com/2025/12/thre...

What the presence of an unlikely trio of football icons at AFCON tells us about migration, African identity, and the histories that continue to shape the modern game. africasacountry.com/2025/12/thre...

Comment le Sénégal est-il devenu l'un des viviers les plus prolifiques du football africain, et pourquoi ce succès peine-t-il encore à transformer l'économie du football local. africasacountry.com/2025/12/le-p...

How Senegal rose to become one of the most fertile grounds in African football, and why this success still struggles to transform the local football economy. africasacountry.com/2025/12/the-...

What it sounds like on the ground in Morocco at the 2025 edition of Africa Cup of Nations. africasacountry.com/2025/12/soun...

Happy to share this essay on connections between Amazighitude and Negritude!

In Morocco, football has become a site for the slow re-Africanization of the country’s national identity. africasacountry.com/2025/12/afco...

My latest for @africasacountry.bsky.social At the UN’s annual Western Sahara debate, everyone gets heard except the Sahrawis themselves. africasacountry.com/2025/12/the-...

“Grief shows up no matter how much time has passed” - this article doesn’t touch on the grief Mo is experiencing over the sudden loss of his teammate in July 🤔

The myth of Nigerian football exceptionalism africasacountry.com/2025/12/the-...

Distanced at club level, and scrutinized at home, there is no player with more to prove at this African Cup of Nations than Mohamed Salah. africasacountry.com/2025/12/sala...

The folks at @africasacountry.bsky.social are another voice to listen to for AFCON

Ahead of tomorrow's Africa Cup of Nations kick off in Morocco, watch a report on the tournament co-produced by our own @mahermezahi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHtc...

An African Cup of Nations at home for red hot Morocco is a chance to put past trauma aside and charge on to the world stage. africasacountry.com/2025/12/a-gi...

On our year-end publishing break, we consider why football still matters in an era of enclosure, mediated presence, and thinning publics—and why AFCON remains a site where collective life is briefly reassembled. africasacountry.com/2025/12/on-t...

A dispatch from Benin City tells the unfinished story of the Museum of West African Art. africasacountry.com/2025/12/what...

Check in with @mahermezahi.bsky.social on the African Five-a-side podcast as he runs down the profile of each team participating in the 2025 African Cup of Nations. www.youtube.com/@AfricaFiveS...

More on Western Sahara: "Sahrawis are acutely aware that their struggle for self-determination clashes with the political and economic interests of major Western powers." bsky.app/profile/afri...

The scandal around Ezra Olubi has exposed the contradictions of Nigeria’s middle-class, online feminism. africasacountry.com/2025/12/has-...

"[T]he Sahrawis I spoke with say they still place their trust in African and international legal institutions. Their main 'compass,' they insist, remains UN General Assembly Resolution 1514, adopted in December 1960, which calls for the independence of colonized countries and peoples."

In his latest exhibition, Khanya Zibaya charts the psychic and spatial terrain of a city where homelessness, decay, and human resilience sit uneasily together. africasacountry.com/2025/12/mapp... africasacountry.com/2025/12/mapp...

At the UN’s annual Western Sahara debate, everyone gets heard except the Sahrawis themselves. africasacountry.com/2025/12/the-...

I wrote this short essay for @africasacountry.bsky.social about Trump's attack on the Somali community and how smart their response to him has been.

The invention of the foreigner "The roots of both ethnic exclusion and migrant marginalization in Africa lie in the colonial attempt to manage difference—not by transcending it, but by weaponizing it" via @africasacountry.bsky.social africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-...

The dispute over Benin City’s museum project shows that returning stolen art does not settle the question of ownership. africasacountry.com/2025/12/whos...

Somalis are the best. They ain't scared, just clowning on Trump. Read this.

Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling. africasacountry.com/2025/12/minn...

From Actonville to global stages, Pops Mohamed blended tradition, futurism, and faith—leaving behind a musical archive as luminous as the spirit he carried. africasacountry.com/2025/12/the-...

From IMF history to astrophysics, Nairobi’s Drunken Lectures turn casual drinkers into an engaged public. africasacountry.com/2025/12/pint...

A $20 billion iron ore mega-project is reshaping Guinea’s economy and politics, but communities in Simandou say they still lack water, electricity, and accountability. africasacountry.com/2025/12/the-...

Check in with @mahermezahi.bsky.social on the African Five-a-side podcast as he runs down the profile of each team participating in the 2025 African Cup of Nations. www.youtube.com/@AfricaFiveS...

🚨SATURDAY POD!🚨 It's the #WorldCupDraw with @acjimbo.bsky.social, Natalie Gedra, @oilysailor.bsky.social & more! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿The group of L 🇧🇷Brazil v Scotland! 🇺🇸Kind draw @paultenorio.bsky.social? 🇲🇦African hopes with @mahermezahi.bsky.social 🇨🇼Your Curaçaos with @sweeperpod.bsky.social pod.fo/e/36142b

Khartoum’s recovery is not a national recovery. Until Sudan confronts the violence that has long been concentrated outside the capital, 'liberation' will remain a hollow word. africasacountry.com/2025/12/khar...

As the White House hypes “Christian genocide” and floats military action, northern Nigerians are responding with satire. africasacountry.com/2025/12/call...

"La verdadera independencia no se medirá únicamente por la ausencia de supervisión colonial, sino por la capacidad de África de moldear sus propias instituciones, asegurar su propia paz y trazar un futuro unido y autodeterminado."

Read Acacia Magazine @acaciamag.bsky.social and Africa is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social. Subscribe or donate yall!

What began as a revenue lifeline for small island states has become a global market where the wealthy buy mobility and sovereignty itself becomes a commodity. africasacountry.com/2025/12/payi...

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Platner definitely sucks, I hope he loses. Badly. And, yeah, I am concerned that the US would support a war if it meant we were living better domestically. Right now, we don't live better so it makes it easy to be anti-war. I don't think capital will ever split their spoils so I'm not too worried...

What Graham Platner reveals about the US left: africasacountry.com/2025/12/what...

The post-colonial settlement has left Africa vulnerable to conflict, external pressure, and intellectual dependency. What comes next? africasacountry.com/2025/12/beyo...

@africasacountry.bsky.social @africasacountry.com.web.brid.gy How Afrobeats is helping Amapiano go global: africasacountry.com/2025/11/davi...

Trump’s threats of military action against Nigeria are not about Christian genocide, but are about rare earths, China, and the scramble to control Africa’s mineral future. africasacountry.com/2025/11/trum...

Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism. africasacountry.com/2025/11/davi...