The afterlife of Edward Wilmot Blyden reveals, with unusual clarity, that remembrance is never a neutral act. It is a political project—an arena in which competing communities struggle to define not only who the dead were, but what they mean. In Blyden’s case, this struggle is inscribed materially in stone: in the divergence between his gravestone, erected by his “African …
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In the small hours of Saturday, 25 April 2026, a suicide car bomb tore through the…
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When the Strongman Falls: What Orbán’s Defeat Means for Africa’s Paper Democracies
by Sierraeyeby SierraeyeFor sixteen years, Viktor Orbán was the world’s favourite cautionary tale. He was also, for a…
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After eighty years, the United Nations had finally acknowledged slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as…
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On 2 April 2026, the Government of Sierra Leone announced a temporary fuel subsidy, capping petrol…
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As President of Senegal, Macky Sall sought to hold on to power beyond his constitutional mandate,…
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As the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Human Capital Development Plus gather on…
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From Hawkins to Freetown: Slavery, Empire, and the Case For Reparative Justice in Sierra Leone
by Sierraeyeby SierraeyeThe recent United Nations General Assembly resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against…
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Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly did something long overdue. By a vote of 123 in…
