Queen Elizabeth’s Death: Those Offended by African Joy Misunderstand Imperialism

Every week on the Gregorian calendar, there is an independence day celebration by a former British colony. Today, 62 countries – a great many of them African – exist as reminders of British...

Why the coup makers in Guinea quoted Jerry Rawlings

Last year, I had to pen my own family’s connection to the irreducibly large Jerry John Rawlings after his death. I revealed, much against initial internal conflicts, that while my patrilineal family...