After two decades, long-suffering Gunners fans from across the diaspora have been rewarded with a Premier League win. So why has this sometimes beleaguered team earned such adulation?
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‘The flavour crisis’: a satirist’s exposé on the origins of broken Britain ⊖⊖
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Whether it’s the traditional boiled diet, a dental epidemic or white-winged extremism, Patrick Gathara explains why political turmoil is engulfing the UK
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27 days ago
How Michael Jackson’s tarnished image is being cannily rehabilitated ⊖
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A new biopic has contributed to an atmosphere that casts the late singer as a profoundly damaged figure who is more victim than victimiser
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The pope’s African tour shows the continent is vital to the future of Catholicism ⊕
Amid the US far right’s hijacking of Christianity and his very public row with Trump, Pope Leo XIV’s visit is symbolic of the ‘growing centrality of Africa and its Black diaspora’
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48 days ago
‘Reparations take many forms’: what the UN’s landmark vote on enslavement means for restorative justice ○
As the United Nations recognises the transatlantic slave trade as a crime and calls for reparations, a growing ‘global diasporic movement’ is pushing for action
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55 days ago
How the US-Israel war on Iran is affecting African economies ⊖⊖
For some, the impact is already being felt but others remain in limbo over their energy security and are hostage to an unlikely de-escalation
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What’s behind the worrying rise in anti-LGBTQ+ laws across Africa? ⊕
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Rooted in colonialism, legislation backed by governments eager for popularity is obstructing real progress for queer minorities
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69 days ago
Bold concepts, loose ends in Ibram X Kendi’s Chain of Ideas ⊕
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While informative, the book struggles to identify what strategies can change racist systems held hostage by the political right and centre
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‘It’s going to give us closure’: could there finally be justice for the murder of Patrice Lumumba? ⊖⊖
The assassination of the Congo’s first prime minister has been shrouded in mystery – but the impending trial of a Belgian diplomat may provide answers
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Why wearing traditional dress will always be political ○
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For many on the continent and among the diaspora, navigating multiple identities via cultural attire is a birthright, but it can create some complications
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