Congress includes people of many faiths – but not many who profess no faith at all. Kent Nishimura /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images January 3, 2023 New Congress has a humanist rep and a religiously unaffiliated senator – but why is it so hard for outright atheists to get voted in? Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College Despite a growing number of non-religious Americans, self-declared atheists are few and far between in the halls of power – putting the US at odds with other global democracies.
Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images July 7, 2022 Wole Soyinka’s life of writing holds Nigeria up for scrutiny Abayomi Awelewa, University of Lagos Wole Soyinka’s writing has explored the same themes for decades.
Pupils in a school in Nairobi, Kenya, pray before a meal. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images April 17, 2022 Atheism in Kenya: why accurate numbers are hard to come by P. Pratap Kumar, University of KwaZulu-Natal Statistics on religious affiliation in Africa are often questionable - partly because of religion’s link to ethnicity and politics.