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Idi Amin

Abdi Ismail Samatar

Opinionistas

Why African dictators and democrats failed where Asian dictators and democrats succeeded

By Abdi Ismail Samatar

Imraan Buccus

Opinionistas

Fraught Indian-African relations should impel us to revisit the idea of non-racialism

By Imraan Buccus

Azu Ishiekwene

Opinionistas

Uganda’s Bobi Wine is part of a new generation of leaders on a continent run by an old brew

By Azu Ishiekwene

Tshilidzi Marwala

Opinionistas

To print or not to print money, that is the billion rand question

By Tshilidzi Marwala

Ismail Lagardien

Opinionistas

With echoes of Adolf Hitler, Julius Malema makes his move to establish an African reich

By Ismail Lagardien