Politics

From Guinea-Bissau to Cape Verde, the PAIGC led one of Africa’s most emblematic anti-colonial struggles, balancing Pan-African myth, military victory, and a complex legacy. One...

François Duvalier was the austere leader of the Republic of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. Initially a doctor committed to fighting poverty-related diseases and...

The film Muganga sheds light on a truth suppressed for far too long: in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rape is used as...

On February 9, 1965, Malcolm X, an iconic figure of Black Power, was turned back at the French border. Officially for a “risk of...

For more than thirty years, Mobutu Sese Seko transformed the Congo into a person-state, a blend of authoritarianism, personality cult, and clientelism. From Zairianization...

From the shadow of the Panthers to armed “expropriations,” the Black Liberation Army waged a clandestine war against the American state throughout the 1970s....

A brilliant diplomat and the first secretary-general of the OAU, Diallo Telli was a major figure of pan-Africanism. His meteoric rise collided with the...

A prominent figure of revolutionary Black struggle in the United States, exiled in Cuba for over forty years, Assata Shakur passed away on September...

Senghor and Cheikh Anta Diop: two giants of Senegal, two visions for Africa. Between cultural hybridity and historical rehabilitation, who paved the best path...