By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman A recent global ranking by Million Podcasts, a leading podcast database company, placed the Africanist Press Podcast at the top of its newly released Top 100 Africa Podcasts list, published on July 21, 2026. Million Podcasts maintains a comprehensive database with a searchable index of 2.7 million podcast shows, […]
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By Mark Feldman and Nik Harris The International Peace Bureau (IPB) has issued an appeal to the global peace movement and human rights organizations for support of a solidarity tour organized by Africanist Press. The tour aims to mobilize support for the protection of fundamental rights in Sierra Leone and beyond. The IPB is a
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By Mark Feldman Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, an exiled Sierra Leonean scholar and journalist, is set to embark on a solidarity tour in Europe and Africa in August 2025. The tour aims to raise awareness about the work of Africanist Press and advocate for free speech and academic freedom in Sierra Leone, according to
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By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman Democracy Betrayed: Corruption, Dictatorship, and Authoritarianism in Sierra Leone is a new book scheduled to be launched by the Africanist Press in June 2025; two years after the disputed June 2023 elections in Sierra Leone. The book, written by Africanist Press editor Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, examines the root
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Africanist Press editor, Dr. Chernoh Alpha Bah has accepted a two-year appointment as Postdoctoral Research Associate with Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. The Watson Institute is an interdisciplinary research center at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Its mission is to promote a just and peaceful world through research, teaching, and
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Africanist Press is recruiting eight research assistants from West Africa to work on a two-year transnational research project that aims to investigate and document sources of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in West Africa. The Africanist Press Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) project will focus on the Mano River corridor of West Africa that includes the countries
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Job Description: Africanist Press seeks to recruit three full-time investigative journalists to work on ongoing projects in Sierra Leone for a one-year contractual period, with possibilities of contract renewal based on satisfactory performance. Assignments mostly include covering events, interviewing sources, collecting and assessing data, authenticating information, and general news reporting and analysis. Journalists can be
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From The Editorial Department In the first two articles of our Sierra Leone investigation series, we highlighted the existing disparities in the national salary structure and how the payroll has widened since Maada Bio assumed power two years ago. We pointed out explosive increase of almost 45% in the wage bill in the last
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Africanist Press has announced the launch of a newly expanded media and communication project to provide regular, critical insights and analysis into Africa’s economic, social, political, and cultural developments. The new expanded media project represents Africanist Press’ expanding ambition to broaden both its online and print news coverage to include a wide range of issues in Africa, as well as other parts of the world where African people are located. The new project includes the publication of a new monthly current affairs magazine, The Africanist Review, which is scheduled to commence in the fall of 2018.
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The African Socialist Movement Communication will be expanding its online news coverage to include developments in other parts of the African world. This new year – 2015 – we will be developing www.africanistpress.com into a standard news website covering many subjects on Africa and African people worldwide. ASM Communication is a grassroot citizen journalism project
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