African Arguments

4 weeks ago | africanarguments.org | Joshua Craze

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name.

2 months ago | africanarguments.org | In Tanzania |Erick Kabendera

2025 could be a milestone on climate finance, providing the much-needed and much-overdue funds for the world’s most climate vulnerable. The unique opportunity to make this happen is rapidly approaching at the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) as governments finalise negotiations on a global carbon price on the 1 billion tonnes of annual emissions from international shipping.

Jan 23, 2025 | africanarguments.org | Eliab Taye |Kris Berwouts |Richard Dowden

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name.

Jan 15, 2025 | africanarguments.org | Dayo Olaide

In the aftermath of the devastation left behind in the wake of unprecedented floods last year, Nigeriens are rebuilding their livelihoods with the help of government relief measures to drastically cut prices of essential commodities and services. The Sahel-wide flooding between June and October 2024 exacted a high toll on the people of Niger, destroying crops, cattle, houses, and infrastructure in one of the world’s poorest countries.

Jan 14, 2025 | africanarguments.org | Boniface Mwangi |Alex de Waal

My grandmother Wangechi was a star. Stout, strong, and weather-beaten from tilling the land for days on end, we revered, feared, and loved her in equal measure. She was born when Kenya was a colonial state and married during the struggle for freedom, her role in which is a story for another day. My siblings and I, and even our friends, thought my grandmother was all-knowing and could read the weather. No matter how hot it was, she would always drink hot tea.