"Those still alive to remember get fewer." theconversation.com/windhoeks-ol...

"The Caine Prize made a decision early on to accept entries from internet publications. This proved prescient. Online platforms have inspired a boom in short stories. The art form has links with age-old traditions of storytelling in Africa." theconversation.com/noviolet-bul...

"Any argument that surnames underpin bloodlines, identity and leadership succession should recognise that marital surnames are a colonial import." theconversation.com/south-africa...

"People say their prayers with words, and I’m saying my prayers with a painting." theconversation.com/zimbabwean-a...

"These women’s high-risk journeys struck me as being characteristic of what journalist and scholar Mahvish Ahmad describes as a musāfir: an activist-traveller in a politically hostile environment who breaks new ground for others so they may be free." theconversation.com/travel-as-ac...

"As South Africa moves towards a national AI strategy, the focus must be on broadening access to reliable information on AI, not just through schools, but also for older generations and others who feel left out of the discourse." theconversation.com/one-in-three....

"The maulidi festival became a medium for social reform, a symbol of change." theconversation.com/muslim-ritua...

"South Africans’ deep collective investment in the power of the occult masks other, more pressing realities. They offer easy explanations that defer the real causes, and the real responsibilities, for the crime, violence and insecurity that plague daily life." theconversation.com/satanic-pani...

"His photographs offer complexity, dignity and humanity in a world that often seems to lack it." theconversation.com/nigerian-pho...

"The question I ask in my study is what might help Black women with disabilities to be empowered to dismantle ableist microaggressions. The answer lies in the past." theconversation.com/what-is-able....

"Evangelical filmmakers simply retooled the formula, swapping out witchdoctors for pastors, charms for prayer, and gods for Christ." theconversation.com/god-and-noll....

"Her crime? Seeking a traditional Akan remedy for a simple cat bite." theconversation.com/monicas-stor...

The end of colonisation did not dismantle the BBC’s operation – the style was already embedded in the broadcasting system. theconversation.com/bbc-has-a-lo...

"Filmmakers were very optimistic about technology, but deeply sceptical of what existing platforms could do for them." theconversation.com/ghanas-films...

"Despite facing challenges like high unemployment and limited resources, many participants expressed pride in their ability to care for others. They saw responsibility as a source of meaning." theconversation.com/what-does-it...

"It allows English readers to encounter African novels as they were first imagined, in the rhythms, idioms, and sensibilities of African languages. It helps counter the erasure of African languages in world literature." theconversation.com/african-nove...

"His story highlights how Africans in the post-independence period have shaped institutions in important ways, often without getting enough credit for their work." theconversation.com/lesothos-his...

"The Christian Council of Kenya was not a very powerful organisation until the 1950s. This all changed with the Mau Mau emergency ... an opportunity to evangelise and win converts ... In the process, it became part of the colonial system of violence." theconversation.com/christians-a...

"French colonial authorities tolerated commercial sex because brothel keepers denied African male clients access. This helped prevent interracial sex. Sex with a white sex worker was preferrable to sexual or conjugal relationships developing with African women." theconversation.com/sex-workers-...

"To establish some of the specific lessons the housemaids of Eldoret learnt from Nollywood, I asked each to discuss any two films that they considered as educational. I noted that there were some significant patterns." theconversation.com/how-nollywoo...

"Archaeology adds another dimension to what we know about a historical event like the Zanj rebellion." theconversation.com/enslaved-afr...

"Sphelele Dlamini’s story highlights the determination required of athletes from the global south, and the systemic barriers they face that hinder development and progress in sport." theconversation.com/wheelchair-b...

"Pre-colonial cities across Nigeria built indigenous squares based on cultural needs. These indigenous spaces were alive with storytelling, music, festivals, markets and communal prayer." theconversation.com/nigerias-pub...

"Basketball in Nigeria has grown and developed over the years. It has come from a simple beginning to one of the most popular sports in the country, only next to soccer in my view." theconversation.com/womens-baske...

"Several of the owners, editors, publishers and printers of around 16 early newspapers and magazines between 1800 and 1838 were slave owners. Their publications regularly published ads and notices to enable the slave trade." theconversation.com/south-africa...

"Whether these spaces ultimately radicalise or simply entertain, they ensure that Fela Kuti remains part of the city’s sensory landscape; not only heard, but tasted. And in a rapidly changing Lagos, that may be one of the most enduring tributes possible." theconversation.com/fela-and-foo...

"I expected, perhaps foolishly, to see a plaque with his name. A mural. Something. But there was nothing, even in Stone Town, where the past feels pressed into every narrow alley." theconversation.com/abdulrazak-g...

"The spectacle of black pathology is often useful for historians and other commentators when talking about the legacies of black genius." theconversation.com/kippie-moeke...

"It’s striking that no church has developed or endorses the Jesus chatbots in my study. The fact that for-profit companies are behind the chatbots means that they are driven by financial forces. From a philosophical point of view, this is bad for Christianity." theconversation.com/jesus-chatbo...

"Cultural heritage is a force for the present, not just a memory of the past. When artefacts are given voice, they do more than recall who we were. They show us who we can be." theconversation.com/cote-divoire...

"Bushmen, with their ability to camouflage themselves and track and hunt using poisoned arrows, epitomised the German farmers' worst nightmare. Believed to be like predatory game, Bushmen had to be exterminated as a group. This was genocide." theconversation.com/namibias-for....

"When the global publishing economy has digitised and centralised, the bookshop feels almost radical just by existing. It’s a reminder that intellectual life in Africa is not peripheral or derived from the west. It is present, prolific and profoundly local." theconversation.com/a-university...

"On the Gold Coast, the 1874 abolition law was never enforced. The British governor informed slave-owners that they might retain enslaved persons provided those individuals did not complain. By 1890, child slavery had become widespread." theconversation.com/the-african-...

"Are national teams truly reflecting their countries? Or are they simply echo chambers of social advantage?" theconversation.com/crickets-gre...

"Ahmed Faras became a national treasure in Morocco, an incarnation of noble sports values. A sure sign was how respected he was by referees." theconversation.com/ahmed-faras-...

"Kippie was no unschooled, mad, untameable “natural” genius sprung from squalor. He came from a home filled with music books. He studied and practiced devotedly to master his craft." theconversation.com/kippie-moeke...

"Our data showed that coolness is uniquely associated with the same 6 traits around the world: cool people tend to be extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful, and autonomous. This could help settle a long debate about what it means to be cool today." theconversation.com/what-makes-a...

"Even though Nigeria may end up regaining its throne as continental champion, it’s increasingly clear that there are now multiple challengers ready and able to take it from them." theconversation.com/nigeria-guns...

"The stories challenge the erasure of queer voices by positioning them at the heart of families and communities. Queer characters are neither idealised nor victimised. They are allowed to simply be joyful, ambivalent, flawed, and resilient." theconversation.com/who-will-bur...

"Stories have power. As Nigerian writer Ben Okri warns us: 'Beware the stories you read and tell: subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.' " theconversation.com/african-sci-...

"Nana-Benz have been displaced. Newer Togolese traders – known as Nanettes - have taken their place. While they have carved out a niche in mediating the textiles trade with China, in turn, they too are increasingly threatened by Chinese competition." theconversation.com/togos-nana-b...

"Unlike cities that are trying to reverse the exodus of creatives, Johannesburg’s inner city has seen a recent surge in creative hub development ... And yet the cultural and creative industries remain almost entirely absent from the city’s strategic planning." theconversation.com/johannesburg...

"When she spoke about her characters on stage, it was as though she was talking about relatives that the audience recognised. They responded by shouting out the characters’ names, to the delight of the author." theconversation.com/chimamandas-...

"Wafcon has grown from eight teams to 12, with room for more. The prize money has doubled for the winning team and television coverage has spread across the globe." theconversation.com/wafcon-3-sig...

"Our findings provide evidence for positive contact theory as adolescents with more cross-group friendships held more positive attitudes towards other groups and also had higher trust." theconversation.com/lagos-is-you...

"Traditional anti-gang strategies assume that gangs are driven mainly by socioeconomic factors. They fail to account for spiritual motivations and metaphysical beliefs." theconversation.com/devil-worshi...

"The beer hall was the only public venue where Africans could legally drink. The council cracked down harshly on 'liquor offences', like home brewing. This beer monopoly system was quite prevalent, though rarely at the scale to which it grew in Bulawayo." theconversation.com/alcohol-and-...

"We revisit Ruth First’s life, work and ideas and its relevance for the current context. We focus especially on the nature of her scholarship and how she navigated the tensions between her activism and her research – whether journalistic or for her books." theconversation.com/ruth-first-a...

"Newly made statues underwent a rite known as the opening of the mouth, where they were ritually brought to life. Since statues were regarded as living and powerful objects, their inherent power had to be neutralised before they could be discarded." theconversation.com/queen-hatshe...

"Feya was cooperative and professional. He was extremely sensitive and empathetic and connected with people just by quietly being himself. Musically speaking, think of Chet Baker or Miles Davis, vulnerable, subtly melancholic, understated yet agile." #RIPFeyaFaku theconversation.com/feya-faku-as...