In her Sawaba Fellowship project, Celine Apollon reflects on the marketplace not simply as a site of trade, but as...

What does it mean to remember that we come from somewhere and are shaped by memory, lineage, and knowledge systems...

In many kitchens across the continent, there is a small, familiar object that rarely draws attention to itself. It sits...

What might it look like to practice liberation not as a distant ideal but as something lived, nurtured, and sustained...

A Position Paper from Liberation Alliance Africa’s Community of Practice For many of us, the first gong that summoned us...

Inherited from our ancestors, revolutionary hope is one of our most treasured tools for liberation, shaping our world making, our...

The Sawaba Institute of Critical Consciousness Raising, a project of Liberation Alliance Africa (LAA Collective), is looking for a Managing...

Liberation Alliance Africa (LAA Collective) is inviting applications for the role of Strategic Advisor under the Sawaba Institute for Critical...

On Friday, July 11th, Liberation Alliance Africa will launch three new briefs as part of a compendium on building community...

Join Us For The Launch of Three New Briefs on Building Community Power in Philanthropy in West Africa Dear friend,...

On a recent flight to Dakar, a cabin crew member of an African airline enthusiastically greeted a Burkinabe passport holder...

Africa Liberation Day is a moment not just of remembrance, but of reckoning. While flags were raised and colonial powers...

A lineup of white men swooping into the African continent to lecture us on African values — if this isn’t...

At the heart of this year’s fellowship, the Sawaba Institute of Critical Consciousness invites its fellows to journey under the...

Zainab Monisola Olaitan When we think of gender quotas, we are instinctively forced to think about how they help to...

“Our stories flow beyond borders, even when politics tries to keep us apart.” With these words, Rosebell Kagumire reminded us...

Life-giving organising in this catastrophic era requires us to chart new world political and social maps – Mariame Kaba. Liberation...

I recently read a poem that described hope as a feather that perches on the soul, sings a tune and...

Writing from a decolonial feminist perspective, Oluwatobiloba reflects in this article on current practices within the philanthropic sector and the...

This article highlights the need for a shift in mindset in how society homogenizes women and centralizes the issues that...

Feminism which is simply the belief in the equality of sexes and a movement for the advancement of women’s rights...

To be radically alive is to be hopeful — but to hope, one must acknowledge, interrogate and dream. Even though...

The GFCF #ShiftThePower global summit took place at the Agora Center in Bogota in December 2023. The global summit served...

Liberation Alliance Africa invites you to contribute to The Makings of Revolutionary Hope: A feminist, pan-African anthology on disrupting colonial...

In the face of massive pushback by anti-rights agents who are well funded and united in opposing the freedom of...

The report, Reclaiming Agency: Dreaming of a Decolonial Feminist Philanthropy in West Africa, explores the philanthropy landscape in West Africa...

Philanthropy continues to face several challenges in its effort to collaborate with activists in the pursuit of Africa’s transformation and...

One of the legacies of colonialism is the narrative that African states are incapable of effecting inclusive and transformative impact...

I learnt about Theory when I read Bell Hooks’ essay on Theory as a Liberatory Practice. In the essay, bell...

We did not come to our Name by chance. After a period of dreaming and reflecting on what liberation means...