What we cover
Different subjects, held to one standard.
Ideas
Philosophy and psychology in the essay's oldest sense — how people think, what they owe each other, and the concepts, some of them African and untranslated, that deserve more careful handling than they get.
8 essays
Technology
What is actually being built on the continent, by whom, and with what consequences — written for readers, not for investors.
1 essay
Money & Power
Business, economics, and policy, examined as forces that shape lives rather than headlines that fill feeds.
Coming soon
Memory
African history and biography — the most under-written archive on the internet, recovered one essay at a time.
1 essay
Culture & Society
How the continent lives, argues, mourns, and celebrates — and what those habits reveal about what comes next.
Coming soon