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AFRICAN FUTURES – THREE TRAJECTORIES, AND THE INDICATORS THAT WILL SEPARATE THEM
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AFRICAN FUTURES – THREE TRAJECTORIES, AND THE INDICATORS THAT WILL SEPARATE THEM

Resource industrialisation, technological leapfrogging, integration from below — and the figures that will show which one is happening.…

Oct 15, 2026
VISIT DAKAR
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VISIT DAKAR

A CAPITAL THAT ARGUES IN INSTITUTIONS Gorée, Senghor, thieboudienne, and a government debating who pays for the adjustment.…

Oct 15, 2026
BLACK EXCELLENCE — VERZUZ BATTLE 2026
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BLACK EXCELLENCE — VERZUZ BATTLE 2026

THE FORMAT THAT BUILT AN ARENA FOR ITS OWN CATALOG A pandemic workaround became hip-hop’s own canon (pp.…

Oct 15, 2026
AFRICAN IMMIGRANT VOICE – AMINATA NDIAYE
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AFRICAN IMMIGRANT VOICE – AMINATA NDIAYE

AMINATA NDIAYE, 39. Financial consultant. Silver Spring, Maryland. Originally from Senegal. She arrived in the United States as…

Oct 15, 2026
AFRICAN AMERICAN VOICE – MARCUS WHITFIELD
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AFRICAN AMERICAN VOICE – MARCUS WHITFIELD

MARCUS WHITFIELD MARCUS WHITFIELD, 46. Founder, freight and logistics company. Atlanta, Georgia. He built a regional logistics business…

Oct 15, 2026
VOICES FROM THE MOTHERLAND
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VOICES FROM THE MOTHERLAND

YOUTH, POWER AND THE COST OF PATIENCE What the people who stayed actually think — across five countries…

Oct 15, 2026
THE GOVERNOR WHO SAYS WHAT THE GOVERNOR WON’T
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THE GOVERNOR WHO SAYS WHAT THE GOVERNOR WON’T

The most consequential political commentary coming out of Nigeria this year is not written. It is performed in…

Oct 15, 2026
LETTER TO THE DIASPORA
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LETTER TO THE DIASPORA

An Open Letter to African Immigrants On behalf of their Black American brothers and sisters. Dear brothers and…

Oct 15, 2026
VOICES FROM BLACK AMERICA
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VOICES FROM BLACK AMERICA

OWNERSHIP, OBLIGATION AND THE END OF THE DONATION Two communities across one ocean, on the same seven questions.…

Oct 15, 2026
WELCOME TO AFRICA – COMING HOME AFTER YEARS AWAY
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WELCOME TO AFRICA – COMING HOME AFTER YEARS AWAY

What actually happens — the mechanism, the law, the family, the risks. This rubric usually asks a visitor…

Oct 15, 2026
LOUIS FARRAKHAN IN AFRICA
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LOUIS FARRAKHAN IN AFRICA

THE MAN WHO WENT BACK BEFORE IT WAS FASHIONABLE There is a version of the diaspora-return story that…

Oct 15, 2026
THE NEW AFRICAN LEADERSHIP
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THE NEW AFRICAN LEADERSHIP

FOUR MEN, ONE REFORMULATED QUESTION Four heads of state define African political power in the last week of…

Oct 15, 2026