Since the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States, there is a new confederation comprised of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger which appears to have an anti-imperialist character. Hanna Eid goes beyond the headlines to show how imperialist domination in West Africa and pseudo-sovereignty through Françafrique is crucial.
Decades of embracing neoliberal electricity policies have left Africa, one of the world’s most resource rich regions, with the lowest energy consumption rates per capita.
Professor Issa G. Shivji explores the process of worldwide capitalist accumulation across several centuries alongside the emergence of grand narratives of nationalism and Pan-Africanism.