This morning at breakfast, I sat with a renowned historian from the University of Ghana. We were both attending the 5th Vice-Chancellor’s Management Retreat, held at a lovely resort on the banks of ...

The ongoing debate regarding the true size of the African continent is significant and timely. The African Union is supporting the call to depict Africa in its true size as just and moral. Spearheaded ...

The trend towards the commercialisation of football is not limited to the most powerful and competitive leagues in Western Europe but affects all regions of the world, including Africa. In recent ...

After three and a half weeks in South Africa and Zimbabwe, returning to the United States feels like stepping out of a vivid, sun-soaked world into a cold landscape of unrelenting gloom, as if the ...

What’s in an Africa Cup of Nations final? For Morocco, a chance at long-awaited continental glory. Since 1976 when the Ahmed Faras’ Atlas Lions lifted the Cup, generations of superstars have come and ...

Reading the Africa Cup of Nations through its stands alone means missing what it produces socially. The stands give the tournament a visible form, but they offer only a partial account of how the ...