Novel writes queerness into a space where it’s forbidden and meanders through the unforgiving politics of Ghana, past and present

Professor Rafael Winkler unravels several philosophies of the age that lie behind an anti-slavery 19th century lithograph

Europe would have been a marginal player in world history without the continent’s natural resources and centuries of cheap African labour

COMMENT: For this gay, white soldier there simply isn’t a good enough challenger to knock him off his perch

Although Africans must continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement, there is also the need for them to raise their voices against injustices in other African countries

Naima Mclean, the star of George C Wolfe classic "The Colored Museum", talks about the play and her identity as an African American.

African-Americans have been hit harder by this recession than others — and the president should be wary of lecturing them.