nigeria
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A politically correct decolonisation ideology?
MODERNISATION: Nigerian professor Olùfèmi Táíwò examines power relations between former colonised and colonialists. All states struggle to adapt modern institutions to their own history, cultural context, and ideological climate. But can the demand for decolonizing language become absurd?
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Muslim elites, exercise of power, and terror
AFRICA: What can a book say about Boko Haram or the porous border between present-day Cameroon and present-day Chad? Or about the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kanem-Bornu?
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New cinematic form for a better world
DISSENT: The hybrid Cinéma du réel Grand Prize winner follows an all-female gang who roam one of Brazil’s biggest favelas selling cheap fuel.
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The curse of colonial consumption
PROSTITUTION: How the Nigerian mafia is able to reach far into Europe to keep trafficked women in prostitution.
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A dream becomes a nightmare
LABOUR: On the front lines of the visible – and invisible – global platform economy.
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Hearts of darkness, dreams of light
CONGO: Honouring survivors of his Congo's 2000 «Six Day War» seeking acknowledgment or financial compensation for their pains.
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High priests of climate denialism
ENVIRONMENT: A masterful confrontation with the deceptions and self-deceptions of central climate deniers – and the sinister consequences of their successful campaigns.
