Former American President Jimmy Carter. Drew Angerer/Getty Images February 27, 2023 Jimmy Carter: the American president whose commitment to Africa went beyond his term John J Stremlau, University of the Witwatersrand The motivations for Carter’s interest in Africa are deeply personal. His record should remind all democrats, including those in Africa, to hold leaders accountable to high ethical standards.
Ndabaningi Sithole, July 1977. Central Press/Getty Images July 6, 2022 Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe’s forgotten intellectual and leader Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of Oxford Despite being almost erased from history, Sithole’s ideas are still relevant today.
A scene from a play about the Gukurahundi genocide, 1983 The Dark Years, performed in Harare in 2018. JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images August 4, 2020 How artists have preserved the memory of Zimbabwe’s 1980s massacres Gibson Ncube, University of Zimbabwe Artists are filling the state’s silence by revisiting history so that it can be discussed.