‘He was telling the truth’: The queer Zimbabwean artist whose music outlived him
Charles TJ completed what he called his “life’s work”—his debut album, Unmuted—earlier this year. The project, a bold and deeply personal...
Afrocentric Voices
The Recipe They Lost Became the Legacy They Built
By Amaka Juliet Nkemdy When Hodari and Shylah's grandmother was admitted to the hospital, they never imagined that one of...
They lost everything to Sudan’s war. Then rebuilt from scratch
More than three years since war broke out in Sudan, millions of lives have been systematically unraveled. Women have borne...
‘I wanted to be treated with dignity’: Why Nigerian women are returning to traditional birth attendants
Bukola Osoba had prepared herself for the pain of labour. What she had not prepared for was the noise. The...
I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy-Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like
From Friday, 24 to 26 April 2026, the last absolute monarch in sub-Saharan Africa, King Mswati III of Eswatini, celebrated 40 years on...
He plays with men-The northern Nigerian women married to husbands living double lives
For Fati, who grew up in a conservative Muslim society, the way her husband Ahmadu gesticulated while talking was strange...
Challenging Toxic Masculinity: Why Speaking Against Misogyny Comes at a Cost
Let’s say it plainly: misogyny survives because men protect it. Not all men practice it, but too many excuse it,...
When hospitals turn queer Nigerians away, these health workers step in
Animashaun Azeez will never forget the night in 2021 when police stormed his home just after midnight. Community members had...
Who deserves to know I am HIV positive?
I’m not sure what I thought his reaction would be, but I was relieved when Silas asked me to repeat...
“I thought I was bleeding to death”: Growing up intersex and unprepared for menstruation
When 18-year-old Roberto first experienced menstruation, she was terrified. Born intersex and raised as a boy, she had never been...
