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Interventions Issue 6: Kenya Is Not in Crisis – Kenya Is the Crisis

Ricardo Vaz — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:00:17 +0000

From anti-colonial resistance to the present-day rebellion against the Finance Bill, this edition of Interventions exposes how elites’ graft, IMF policies and global capital continue to shape Kenya’s economy, raising significant questions about African sovereignty.

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Interventions Issue 5: A New World Born from the Ashes of the Old

Amilcar — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:00:50 +0000

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.

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Interventions Issue 4: Africa and the Global Energy Crisis

ariana — Wed, 08 May 2024 06:00:15 +0000

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. Despite this, African states face severe pressure to create urgent and necessary infrastructure projects in line with a new Western consensus on approaches to climate finance. Brian Kamanzi explores the current energy landscape.

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Interventions Issue 3: Love or Labour? The Invisible Wheel that Turns the World

ariana — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 08:15:53 +0000

Joanita Najjuko and Crystal Simeoni argue for greater inclusion of the perspectives of women and girls as well as better recognition of their needs in macro-level economic decision-making. They demand feminist economic justice, show how unpaid care work is central to our economies and encourage resistance against the co-option of gender-based initiatives by neoliberalism.

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Interventions Issue 2: Is Homosexuality un-African?

ariana — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:00:06 +0000

Efemia Chela delves into lesser-known African LGBTQ+ histories and the colonial origins of transphobic and homophobic legislation across the continent. She highlights vital opportunities for solidarity between people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities to fight against economic misery, social marginalisation and political repression experienced by all.

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Interventions Issue 1: What is Pan-Africanism?

ariana — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 13:36:29 +0000

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. By highlighting ideologies of resistance which grapple with evolving forms of domination and imperialism, Shivji illuminates the requirements for a new Pan-Africanism that would serve people’s struggles today.

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