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Nina Simone was a genre-defying singer, songwriter and pianist who revolutionised the music industry and used her talent to vocalise the…
Saron Berhane

October 2020

Is Zambia an emerging case study of debt-trap diplomacy?Listen now (14 min) | A Chinese supervisor in an underground pumping station at the NFCA's (Non-Ferrous Company Africa) Chambishi Copper Mine in Kitwe…
Armah D. Blay

July 2020

One of the most interesting examples of monetary debasement that I’ve stumbled across is the rise and fall of Akori beads as a form of money in Western…
Armah D. Blay

November 2019

Maina Doe sits perched on a windowsill overlooking Newtown’s King Street, her eyes scanning the sidewalks below. She looks back over in my direction…
Armah D. Blay

September 2019

It’s Africa hot! Seriously, it’s topping 30 degrees at 9:00pm in the moonlit courtyard of BBnZ Live Studio in Accra, Ghana. The intimate crowd is…
Armah D. Blay

May 2019

Etima Lokondo is pacing the room of a studio apartment overlooking Sydney’s Darling Harbour, as the sun dips below the horizon on a Saturday afternoon…
Armah D. Blay
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