DJ Bwakali
How Burkina Faso’s 2014 Revolution Shaped Ibrahim Traoré
October 30, 2014. Dust and smoke hung like a cloud in Ouagadougou’s hot streets. Burnt shells and tear gas canisters littered the crowded streets....
Ibrahim Traoré – The Geologist who became a Brave Soldier
In the flickering glow of a single lamp, a young Ibrahim Traoré sat in his parents' modest home in Kéra, Bondokuy in Burkina Faso’s...
White Privilege and Africa’s Foreign Policy Chains
The Price of a Headline
A careless headline in London can drain billions from Africa. A New York op-ed about instability in an African election...
Kahawa Tungu – The Bitter Drink Sweetening Africa’s Eastern Coast
I grew up knowing that on the Swahili coast, real conversations begin with a tiny cup. We call it kahawa tungu. Many elders also...
How Africa can stop being a pawn and become the grandmaster
I grew up watching the board, not just the pieces. In Africa, we were often told to celebrate when one of our pawns reached...
Houses, Diamonds, and Power – Qatar’s Quiet March Across Africa
I watched that Lusaka handshake and felt the weight of history. President Hakainde Hichilema stood beside Sheikh Mansour bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani...
Why the British Built the Kenya Uganda Railway
I can still hear the echo of the hammer on steel, the hiss of steam engines cutting through the tropical silence, the ghosts of...
The power of ‘leaderless’ movements
Bobi Wine! Julius Malema! Inspirational figures, no doubt. But here's a crazy thought: what if they rendered themselves irrelevant by mentoring and elevating multiple...
How Lab-Grown Stones Are Rewriting the Rules
They told us diamonds are forever, but the story is changing fast. The sparkle that once came only from deep African mines is now...
Who Gets Rich Off Africa’s Poverty
I keep coming back to a single graph. It shows the number of Africans living on less than $2.15 a day. More than 460...
