When COVID hit in 2020, many of us experienced isolation - isolation from loved ones, from fresh air, from physical touch, from the routine and mundane tasks that would see us out of the house and out and about. We yearned for connection and conversation. So we decided to ask 11 women from across the continent and beyond to write a letter to the future. They wrote beautifully and painfully about their experiences, their fears, their dreams and aspirations. We loved the exercise so much, we’re back with a second edition. It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here. Eleven more women, from across the continent and beyond penning letters to a future none of us are certain of. Each of these women urge us to put our faith before our fears and to live, even if only one day at a time.

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In early July 2023, we sat with 13 kids between the ages of 2 and 12 in Yaoundé and spoke about their lives and their aspirations for the future.

The children dared to dream beyond their current limitations and realities, resulting in imaginations of an alternative world, which you'll see in the following pages.

Cameroon

In late July 2023, we sat with 13 children between the ages of 7 and 12 in Maseru and spoke about their lives and their aspirations for the future. From those conversations, they produced the following pieces of art, individually and collectively. Everything in this collection is the work of these kids - the words, the art, the poetry.

Lesotho

Dear Reader, welcome to the world of the gig economy, and happy Labour Day to all the workers out there! Labour Day is a mesmerising tale of labour and work, and for gig workers, it is a reminder of the ongoing struggle for fair treatment and recognition of their contributions to the workforce. So, here’s to you, gigsters and freelance workers, and the incredible work that you do every day!

International Labour Day grew out of 19th-century working-class struggles in the United States for better working conditions and the establishment of an eight-hour workday. May 1st was chosen … Read more

Prof. Akosua K. Darkwah reflects on the Care Economies of Africa.

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Our 101 guide to macro level economics. It starts with the price of garlic…

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An imagining of a future that we are all working towards. An imagining of an African feminist economy. Written by Agazit Abate | Edited by Nebila Abdulmelik, Crystal Simeoni, Fatimah Kelleher & Wangari Kinoti | Design by Nzilani Simu & Agazit Abate | Cover Image by Nebila Abdulmelik
With a special thanks to Vera Mshana for giving us her critical thoughts.

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This is the type of story you tell over coffee. The type of story that comes with a snack, so distant, so strange, that the telling seems absurd. This is the type of story that is hard to write because it is hard to imagine. It almost feels silly writing a story like this. This is a once upon a time type of story.

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This is the type of story you tell over coffee. The type of story that comes with a snack, so perfectly mundane, so familiar that the telling is not so much a revelation as it is a commiseration. This is the type of story you tell. Too many details to write, too long a story, too torturous in the monotony of everyday tragedy. We’ve written it anyway, every word, wrenched out of us. There has been no pleasure in the writing of this story

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Written by Wangari Kinoti, this analysis is a timely guide for an African feminist public services agenda that should inform critical ongoing conversations on the continent on how we cope, recover and rebuild better systems in the face of the multiple economic, social and ecological crises we are facing. We know that this this work will go a long way in shaping and shifting narratives on public services from an African Feminist perspective.

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Dear Future…

Centred in this project is the feminist mantra that the personal is political. This project documents stories from African women around their experiences of life in the times of the first year of the pandemic – in a time of reckoning, where the consequences of economic policiherees that don’t centre life were brought to unbearable light. These letters are from African women at different geographies, occupations, monies and life experiences.

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