Nexus

A deep contempt for Africa runs through conversations in many corners of the world, a profound absence of respect that presumes inferiority and denies Africans equal dignity.

THE EVENING TRAFFIC: A METAPHOR - Motshidisi Inalengwe Ramoshebi
When I knocked off from work this evening, traffic was unusually heavy. As I drove in the opposite direction, I found myself looking less at the road and more at the faces in the cars trailing past me.

The Celebration After the Storm— Joseph Kanjirawaya“After every celebration, reality returns carrying the questions nobody wanted to ask.”

Extraction All the Way Down — Joshua Mirrer, M.D

What do Ebola, cobalt, deforestation, and human trafficking have in common?

The America Africa Sees and the America It Doesn't — Baimba Yilla, Ed.D.

“The irony is that there is poverty in America—an abundance of it—concentrated within communities and populations that have too often been overlooked, revealing that many of the same forces that constrain economic opportunity across much of Africa also exist in the United States.”

Trust Deficit — Baimba Yilla, Ed.D.

The question of whether an African person can trust another African person—or whether Africans and Americans can trust one another reflects deeper patterns of exchange, exploitation, cooperation, and misunderstanding that have shaped relations between Africa and America for generations.

Making Strangers — Baimba Yilla, Ed.D.

“Hostility toward foreigners has intensified across countries. Nowhere do these tensions appear more pronounced—or more revealing of the precarious nature of our shared humanity—than in South Africa and back home in the United States.”

Our National Rot — Baimba Yilla, Ed.D.

“Signs of our cultural decline are inescapable and everywhere at once.”

The African—American Puzzle — Baimba Yilla, Ed.D.

“How America's Green Transition Tests Africa's Strategic Leverage.”