Dakwom Makpring Longgul writes from Nigeria’s middle belt town of Jos Plateau State….How Akor Adams Reclaimed Lumumba and the Soul of a Continent The image of Patrice Lumumba—frozen in bronze in Kinshasa and echoed in the stands of AFCON—is not merely a silhouette of a man. It is a posture of defiance, a vertical line […]

Entangled by chains for donkey years, can Africa still get any better? What manner of hope remains for Africa? Who is that one person or group of people that can summon the greatest courage in history to liberate the future of Africa? If Africa’s future is liberated today, what next? One of the things I’m […]

African Drum Publisher Loss Mother-in-law Aishatu Makama The death has been announced of Mrs. Aishatu Makama, Mother-in-law of Mr. Joseph A Adudu, the Publisher of African Drum Magazine.According to the family, the late Mrs Makama died on Thursday afternoon, 18th December, 2025 after a protracted illness.Until her demise, Mrs Makama was a retired health personnel […]

The African Initiative for Peace Building and Advancement in collaboration with Open Society Initiative for West Africa in other to achieve its mandate of pursuing peace through knowledge and action brought together Religious Leaders, Community Security Outfits’ Leaders, Community Leaders, Youths and Women Leaders from some Areas in Jos North LGA. The two-day […]

The death toll in the suspected Fulani herdsmen attacks on three communities in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 27. The National President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, , Mr Jonathan Asake, who stated this at a press conference on Thursday, noted that within 48 hours of the attacks […]