AFRICA IS A COUNTRY

JUNE 30. 2025

Memories of Movement

An experimental reimagining of protest memory — unsettling the archive and inviting viewers to ask what movements leave behind.

A Revolution Deferred?

Seven years that shook — and nearly remade — Sudan.

Age of Revolt

Mobilization through the ages

JUNE 29. 2025

Struggle and archive

The formerly exiled ANC activist and later judge Albie Sachs is archiving his life, including a new film that forms part of a larger project of legacy-making.

JUNE 28. 2025

A barren sowing

Donato Ndongo’s latest collection of short stories portrays African exile and diaspora in Spain and France.

JUNE 25. 2025

From Cape To Cairo

When two Africans—one from the south, the other from the north—set out to cross the continent, they raised the question: how easy is it for an African to move in their own land?

JUNE 23. 2025

De-dollarization from bellow?

As global powers debate alternatives to the dollar, Nigerian traders, Chinese exporters, and everyday crypto users are already reshaping the rules of currency exchange, as the hosts of the Nigerian Scam find out in the latest episode of the AIAC podcast.

JUNE 21. 2025

Everyday Iranians

Between Israeli bombs and state repression, ordinary Iranians are once again denied control over their own future.

JUNE 20. 2025

The road to Rafah

The ‘Sumud’ convoy from Tunis to Gaza is reviving the radical promise of pan-African solidarity and reclaiming an anticolonial tactic lost to history.

JUNE 18. 2025

Critical mass

Cycling as community in Dar es Salaam.

JUNE 17. 2025

Sinners and ancestors

Ryan Coogler’s latest film is more than a vampire fable—it’s a bridge between Black American history and African audiences hungry for connection, investment, and storytelling rooted in shared struggle.

JUNE 16. 2025

The verdict against womanhood

From trans bans to racial exclusion, the hard-won gains made in women’s football are being rolled back under the guise of protecting women.

JUNE 13. 2025

It’s Gianni’s world …

On the eve of the kick off of FIFA's newest major tournament, we wonder, who is the Club World Cup for?

JUNE 12. 2025

Firearms aren’t the only weapons

The writings of revolutionary Angolan leader and intellectual Mário Pinto de Andrade helped galvanize the independence struggle. They are now available in English.