Africa in the Netherlands (2020/21) November 27, 2020 Oussama El Khairi Home and the diaspora About 15% of the respondents who tweeted in support of #EndSARS, found themselves outside Nigeria. They mostly joined in when ... Read More
Africa in the Netherlands (2020/21) November 26, 2020 Femke van Zeijl When women got involved Women’s roles in public uprisings on the African continent have been highlighted in the media, from the Sudanese revolution to ... Read More
Africa in the Netherlands (2020/21) November 25, 2020 Jared Hally Slacktivism or activism? How active were the people using the #EndSARS hashtag? Did they occasionally retweet a line someone else wrote, or did ... Read More
Africa in the Netherlands (2020/21) November 11, 2020 Shannon Lorimer Hashtag Activism: Discontent in Nigeria Online activism has played a role in protests all over Africa in the past decade. One of the most recent ... Read More
21st Century (2020/21) November 6, 2020 Femke van Zeijl The journalist and the researcher Reporters go out into the street and academics lock themselves up in an ivory tower. In the past such platitudes ... Read More
21st Century (2020/21) October 11, 2020 Femke van Zeijl What stats don’t tell Many people in Nigeria are more afraid of the police than they are of armed robbers. Especially the Special Anti-Robbery ... Read More
21st Century (2020/21) October 3, 2020 Femke van Zeijl Lady and Gentleman – Fela’s coded chauvinism Fela's voice comes blaring out of the radio of a danfo bus filled with commuters; the MP3-player of the Uber ... Read More
21st Century (2020/21) September 29, 2020 Femke van Zeijl A Columnist’s Journey He tried to make a point about African masculinity, but in doing so Kenyan columnist Oyunga Pala often got portrayed ... Read More