Month: April 2020
Coronavirus and the Crisis of Democracy in Sierra Leone: An Editorial Position
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, & Mark Feldman On March 1 of this year, Africanist Press released the first article in our ongoing…
The Road to Harper and the Reconstruction of War Memory: A Literary Travelogue
By Gbanabom Hallowell Experiences in this travelogue demonstrate that the sensory details of an explosion serves to recreate memories, both real and imagined, twenty…
Security forces attack, charge Sierra Leone journalist covering COVID-19
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in Sierra Leone to immediately drop all charges against journalist Fayia Amara Fayia…
It will not be ‘business as usual’ in Africa after COVID-19
By Babatunde Omilola Like every other pandemic that the world has experienced in the past, coronavirus will eventually come to an end. It will…
CPJ demands release of jailed African journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York and eighty-one other human rights and media groups have issued a letter to African heads…
The Time to Act is Now: Letter to African Leaders Concerning the COVID-19 Crisis
By Lionel Zevounou, Amy Niang and Ndongo Samba Sylla The threats that are hanging over the African continent with regards to the spread of…
Coronavirus Pandemic is no time for fiscal distancing
By Akinwumi A. Adesina These are very difficult days, as the world faces one of its worst challenges ever: the novel coronavirus pandemic. And it…
