Africa
A Communion Pulling Itself Apart
The appointment of Sarah Mullally as the first woman archbishop of Canterbury has exposed deep divisions within the Anglican Communion and across Africa over women’s leadership and same-sex blessings. But the deeper issue is authority — particularly in Africa, many churches no longer look to England for moral guidance.
Speed in Africa
What a month-long livestream tour of Africa by the YouTuber IShowSpeed has revealed about race, power and who controls the story of the continent.
Queens, Cities and States in the Making of Africa
Broadcaster Zeinab Badawi joins Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss her recent book “An African History of Africa.”
Why Is Gen Z Protesting Across Africa?
Host Kwangu Liwewe is joined by journalist Aboubakr Jamaï and public policy expert Gedion Onyango to discuss youth protests in Morocco and Kenya.
The Disputes Over African Leaders’ Funerals
Over two months after his death, former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s body remains unburied, as his family and the Zambian state fight over his final resting place. Similar disputes across Africa have shown that leaders’ burials are rarely just about graves; they are about who gets to define history.
Listen Again: The True Impact of USAID Cuts on Africa
Economist James Shikwati and New Lines’ North Africa Editor Erin Brown consider the impact of drastic cuts to American aid in Africa on this episode of Global Insights on The Lede, hosted by Kwangu Liwewe.
Africa’s AI Strongmen
AI-generated videos of men like Ibrahim Traoré, Assimi Goïta, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo are going viral not because people are being fooled but because they tap into something deeper: a real hunger for strong, authentic African leadership.