Prof Adekeye Adebajo is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He was the Director of the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) between 2017 and 2021, and was Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town between 2003 and 2016. Professor Adebajo served on United Nations missions in South Africa, Western Sahara, and Iraq, and was Director of the Africa Programme at the International Peace Institute (IPI) in New York. He is the author of eight books including Building Peace in West Africa; UN Peacekeeping in Africa; and Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Afro-Arab Prophet, Pharaoh, and Pope. He is co-editor or editor of ten books on Africa’s international relations including From Global Apartheid to Global Village: Africa and United Nations. A graduate of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts, US, he obtained his doctorate from Oxford University in England.     Recent Publications Single Author Books Edited Volumes Special Issue of Journal Journal Articles, Book Chapters and Occasional Papers Newspaper and Shorter Articles Book Reviews and Essays

PUBLICATIONS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

BUSINESS DAY 2023

BUSINESS DAY 2022

OTHER PUBLICATIONS AT THE CAS

COMPREHENSIVE PUBLICATIONS LIST

SINGLE-AUTHOR BOOKS

1. Liberia’s Civil War: Nigeria, ECOMOG, and Regional Security in West Africa (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2002).

2. Building Peace in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2002).

3. The Curse of Berlin: Africa After the Cold War (New York: Columbia University Press, London: Hurst and Co, and Scottsville: University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2010; New York: Oxford University Press (2013).

4. UN Peacekeeping in Africa: From the Suez Crisis to the Sudan Conflicts (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner; and Johannesburg: Jacana, 2011).

5. Thabo Mbeki: Africa’s Philosopher-King (Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2016; and Johannesburg: Jacana, 2016). 

6. The Eagle and the Springbok: Essays on Nigeria and South Africa (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2017; and Ibadan: Bookcraft, 2018).

7. The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2020).

EDITED VOLUMES

1. Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century, edited with Chandra Lekha Sriram, (London: Frank Cass, 2001).

2. West Africa’s Security Challenges: Building Peace in A Troubled Region, edited with Ismail Rashid, (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2004).

3. A Dialogue of the Deaf: Africa and the United Nations, edited with Helen Scanlon, (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2006).

4. South Africa in Africa: The Post-Apartheid Era, edited with Adebayo Adedeji and Chris Landsberg, (Scottsville, University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2007).

5. Gulliver’s Troubles: Nigeria’s Foreign Policy After the Cold War, edited with Raufu Mustapha, (Scottsville, University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2008). 

6. From Global Apartheid to Global Village: Africa and the United Nations, edited by Adekeye Adebajo (Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2009).

7. The EU and Africa: From Eurafrique to Afro-Europa, edited with Kaye Whiteman, (Oxford: Oxford University Press; New York: Columbia University Press; London: Hurst & Company; and Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2012).

8. Africa’s Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent, edited by Adekeye Adebajo (London: Zed Books, 2013).

9. Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Security, Diplomacy and Trade, edited with Kudrat Virk (London: I.B. Tauris, 2018).

10. The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers, edited by Adekeye Adebajo (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2020; and Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021).

SPECIAL ISSUE OF JOURNAL

1. Special Issue: “Africa’s Responsibility to Protect”, Guest Editors: Adekeye Adebajo, Mark Paterson, and Jeremy Sarkin, Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume 2 No. 4, 2010.

JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND OCCASIONAL PAPERS

1. “Towards a new Pax Africana: Three decades of the OAU” in Praxis, Spring 1993.

2. “Africa: Toward a Rapid-Reaction Force”, with Michael O’Hanlon, in SAIS Review, June 1997.

3. “Pax Africana in the Age of Extremes”, with Chris Landsberg, South African Journal of International Affairs, January 2000. 

4. “Nigeria: Africa’s New Gendarme?” Security Dialogue, vol. 31, no.2, June 2000.

5. “Back to the Future: UN Peacekeeping in Africa”, with Chris Landsberg, International Peacekeeping, vol. 7 no.4, Winter 2000.

6. “The Heirs of Nkrumah: Africa's New Interventionists”, with Chris Landsberg, Pugwash Occasional Paper, vol. 2, no. 1, January 2001.

7. “Selling Out the Sahara? The Tragic Tale of the UN Referendum”, Occasional Paper Series, Institute For African Development, Cornell University, Spring 2002.

8. “Liberia: A Warlord’s Peace”, in Stephen Stedman, Donald Rothchild, and Elizabeth Cousens (eds.), Ending Civil Wars: The Implementation of Peace Agreements, (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2002).

9. “South Africa and Nigeria as Regional Hegemons”, with Chris Landsberg, in Mwesiga Baregu and Chris Landsberg (eds.) From Cape to Congo: Southern Africa’s Evolving Security Challenges, (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2003).

10. “West Africa’s Tragic Twins: Building Peace in Liberia and Sierra Leone” in Tom Keating and W. Andy Knight (eds.), Building Sustainable Peace, (Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2003).

11. “In Search of Warlords: Liberia and Somalia”, International Peacekeeping, December 2003.

12. “Pax West Africana? Regional Security Mechanisms” in Adekeye Adebajo and Ismail Rashid (eds.), West Africa’s Security Challenges: Building Peace in A Troubled Region, (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2004).

13. “Africa and America in an Age of Terror”, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Special Issue, Volume 38, Issue 2-3, 2004.

14. “Africa, African Americans and the Avuncular Sam”, Africa Today, Volume 50 Number 3, Spring 2004

15. “From Congo to Congo: UN Peacekeeping in Africa after the Cold War” in Ian Taylor and Paul Williams, Africa in International Politics, (Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2004).

16. “Ethiopia/Eritrea”, in David M. Malone (ed.), The UN Security Council From the Cold War to the 21st Century (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2004).

17. “From Cape to Casablanca: Africa’s Evolving Security Architecture”, in Favorita Papers of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, No. 3, 2004. 

18. “The Curse of Berlin: Africa’s Security Dilemmas,” International Politics and Society, 4/2005.

19. “The United Nations”, in Gilbert Khadiagala (ed.), Security Dynamics in Africa's Great Lakes Region, (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2006).

20. “Chronicle of a Death Foretold: The Rise and Fall of UN Reform” in Adekeye Adebajo and Helen Scanlon (eds), A Dialogue for the Deaf: Essays on Africa and the United Nations, (Auckland Park: Jacana Media, 2006).

21. “From Congo to Sudan: UN peace-keeping in Africa,” in Garth Le Pere and Nhamo Samasuwo (eds.) The UN at 60: A New Spin on an Old Hub (Midrand: Institute for Global Dialogue, 2006).

22. “Sierra Leone,” with David Keen, in Mats Berdal and Spyros Economides (eds.), United Nations Interventionism, 1991 – 2004 (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

23. “Pope, Pharaoh, or Prophet? The Secretary-General after the Cold War,” in Simon Chesterman, Secretary or General? The UN Secretary-General in World Politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

24. “South Africa and Nigeria: An Axis of Virtue?”, in Adekeye Adebajo, Adebayo Adedeji and Chris Landsberg (eds.) South Africa in Africa: The Post-Apartheid Era, (Scottsville, University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2007).

25. “South Africa in Africa: Messiah or Mercantilist?” South African Journal of International Affairs, Summer/Autumn 2007, volume 14 issue 1.

26. “The Security Council and Three Wars in West Africa,” in Vaughan Lowe, Adam Roberts, Jennifer Welsh, and Dominik Zaum (eds.), The United Nations Security Council and War: The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945 (Oxford University Press, 2008).

27. “Mandela and Rhodes: A Monstrous Marriage”, in Sarah Rowland Jones (ed.), Faith in Action: Njongonkulu Ndungane Archbishop for the Church and the World (Epping, South Africa: ABC Printers, 2008).  

28. “From Bandung to Durban: Whither the Afro-Asian Coalition?” in See Seng Tan and Amitav Acharya (eds.) Bandung Revisited: The Legacy of the 1955 Asian-African Conference for International Order (Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2008).

29. “Hegemony on Shoestring: Nigeria’s post Cold War Foreign Policy”, in Adekeye Adebajo and Abdul Raufu Mustapha (eds.): Gulliver’s Troubles: Nigeria Foreign Policy after the Cold War, (Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008).

30. “Mad Dogs and Glory: Nigeria’s Interventions in Liberia and Sierra Leone,” in Adekeye Adebajo and Abdul Raufu Mustapha (eds.): Gulliver’s Troubles: Nigeria Foreign Policy after the Cold War, (Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008).

31. “An Axis of Evil? China, the United States and France in Africa,” in Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha Naidu (eds.) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Africa and China, (Scottsville: University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2008).

32. “The Peacekeeping Travails of the AU and the Regional Economic Communities,” in John Akokpari, Angela Ndinga-Muvumba, and Tim Murithi (eds.), The African Union and its Institutions (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2008).

33. “The Bicycle Strategy of South Africa’s Bilateral Relations in Africa,” South African Journal of International Affairs, Volume 15 No. 2, December 2008.

34. “Ending Global Apartheid,” in Adekeye Adebajo (ed.) From Global Apartheid to Global Village: Africa and the United Nations (Scottsville: University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2009).

35. “The Role of the Secretary-General,” in Adekeye Adebajo (ed.) From Global Apartheid to Global Village: Africa and the United Nations (Scottsville: University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2009).

36. “Pax Nigeriana and the Responsibility to Protect,” in Adekeye Adebajo, Mark Paterson, and Jeremy Sarkin, Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume 2 No. 4, 2010.

37.  “Paradise Lost and Found”, in Adekeye Adebajo and Kaye Whiteman (eds.), The EU and Africa: From Eurafrique to Afro-Europa (London: Hurst; New York: Columbia University Press; and Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2012).

38. “Nigeria”, in Alex Bellamy and Paul Williams (eds.), Providing Peacekeepers: The Politics, Challenges, and Future of United Nations Peacekeeping Contributions (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013).

39. “Obama’s Nobel Ancestors: From Bunche to Barack and Beyond,” in Adekeye Adebajo (ed.), Africa’s Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent (London: Zed Books, 2013).

40. “Two Prophets of Regional Integration: Prebisch and Adedeji”, in Bruce Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David Malone, and Rohinton Medhora (eds.), International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).

41.  “Nigeria and South Africa: On the Concept ‘Every African Is His Brother’s Keeper’”, in Monica Serrano and Thomas G.Weiss (eds.), The International Politics of Human Rights: Rallying To The R2P Cause? (Oxford: Routledge, 2014).

42.  “Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, and the ANC’s Footprint in Africa”, in Kwandiwe Kondlo, Chris Saunders, and Siphamandla Zondi (eds.), Treading the Waters of History: Perspectives on the ANC (Tshwane: Africa Institute of South Africa, 2014).

43. “A Tale of Two Prophets: Jean Monnet and Adebayo Adedeji”, in Amos Sawyer, Afeikhena Jerome, and Ejeviome Eloho Otobo (eds.), African Development in the 21st Century: Adebayo Adedeji’s Theories and Contributions (Trenton and Asmara: Africa World Press, 2015).

44.  “The Curse of Berlin: Lessons from Africa”, in Ben Turok (ed.) Changing Colour of Capital: Essays in Politics and Economics (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 2015).

45. “The Revolt Against the West: Intervention and Sovereignty”, Third World Quarterly, Volume 37, Issue 7, April 2016. 

46. “A Tale of Three Cassandras: Jean Monnet, Raùl Prebisch, and Adebayo Adedeji”, in Daniel H. Levine and Dawn Nagar (eds.), Region-Building in Africa: Political and Economic Challenges (New York: Palgrave   Macmillan, 2016).

47. “Who Killed Pax Africana?” in D. Ndirangu Wachanga (ed.), Growing Up In A Shrinking World: How   Politics, Culture and The Nuclear Age Defined The Biography of Ali A. Mazrui (Trenton, London and Cape Town: Africa World Press, 2017). 

48. “Introduction: The Concentric Circles of South Africa’s Foreign Policy,” in Adekeye Adebajo and Kudrat Virk (eds.), Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Security, Diplomacy and Trade (London: I.B. Tauris, 2018).

49. “South Africa in West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire,” in Adekeye Adebajo and Kudrat Virk   (eds.), Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Security, Diplomacy and Trade (London: I.B. Tauris, 2018).

50. “Pax Nigeriana Versus Pax Gallica: ECOWAS and UN Peacekeeping in Mali, “in Tony Karbo and Kudrat Virk (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). 

51. “Boutros Boutros-Ghali“in Manuel Fröhlich and Abiodun Williams (eds.), The UN Secretary-General and the Security Council: A Dynamic Relationship (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).

52. “Africa and the United States: A History of Malign Neglect,“ in Dawn Nagar and Charles Mutasa (eds.), Africa and the World: Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

53. “Vanquishing The Ghost of Cecil Rhodes: Historical Struggles To Transform South Africa’s Humanities     Curriculum; “in Oluwaseun Tella and Shireen Motala (eds.), From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies (Jacana: Johannesburg, 2020).

54. “Adebayo Adedeji: Africa’s Foremost Prophet of Regional Integration,” in Samuel Oloruntoba and Toyin Falola (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).

55. “Pan-Africanism: From the Twin Plagues of European Locusts to Africa’s Triple Quest for Emancipation” in Adekeye Adebajo (ed.), The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2020; and Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021).

56. “Thabo Mbeki: The Pan-African Philosopher-King,” in   Adebajo (ed.), The Pan-African Pantheon.

57. “The Dog That Did Not Bark: Why Has Sierra Leone Not Returned To War After Peacekeepers Left?” in Terence McNamee and Monde Muyangwa (eds.), State of Peacebuilding in Africa (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). 

58. “Strategic Partnerships”, in Ulf Engel (ed), Yearbook on the African Union (Leiden: Brill, 2021).

NEWSPAPER AND SHORTER ARTICLES

1. “The Second Wind of Change” in The Woodstock Road Editorial, Michaelmas 1991.

2. “Observing Apartheid's Funeral” in West Africa, 23-29 May 1994.

3. “On Behalf of the Victims” in West Africa, 12-18 September 1994.

4. “Beware, Opium for sale!” in West Africa, 30 January - 5 February 1995.

5. “Farewell to Peace?” in West Africa, 13-19 March 1995.

6. “The UN's Unknown Effort” in Africa Report, March/April 1995.

7. “The Age of Hakeem” in West Africa, 31 July - 6 August 1995.

8. “Awaiting Apartheid's Burial” in West Africa, 28 August - 3 September 1995.

9. “A Tale of Two Giants” in Newswatch, 11 September 1995. 

10. “Eyes, Spies, and Springs” in West Africa, 16 - 22 October 1995.

11. “Prophets of Pax Africana” in West Africa, 6 - 12 November 1995.

12. “Farewell to Arms?” in West Africa, 25 December 1995 - 7 January 1996.

13. “The Guardian Angel” in Newswatch, 8 January 1996.

14. “The Forgotten Conflict” in West Africa, 15 - 21 January 1996.

15. “Mazrui and the Dreaming Spires” in West Africa, 22 - 28 January 1996.

16. “Remembering Biafra” in Newswatch, 29 January 1996.

17. “Sandstorms in the Sahara” in African Analysis, 8 March 1996.

18. “The Genius of King George” in West Africa, 18 - 24 March 1996.

19. “The Pharaoh comes to Oxford” in West Africa, 8 - 14 April 1996.

20. “Sacred Drama” in West Africa, 15 - 21 April 1996.

21. “Dog Days in Monrovia” in West Africa, 22 - 28 April 1996.

22. “Of Arab and other Mafias” in West Africa, 22 - 28 April 1996.

23. “The Sad Case of the Missing Sheikh” in West Africa, 29 April - 5 May 1996.

24. “Of Eagles and Springboks” in New African, May 1996.

25. “Children of the Clouds” in Africa Today, May/June 1996.

26. “Mad Cows and Racist Politicians” in West Africa, 27 May - 2 June 1996.

27. “Abuja” in Newswatch, 3 June 1996.

28. “Africa’s Moses’ led his people to the Promised land” in City Press, 6 August 2006.  

29. “Rich Man's War, Poor Man's War” in The World Today, August/September 1996.

30. “Trading Places: Nigeria and South Africa”, with Chris Landsberg, Indicator South Africa, Winter 1996.

31. “Journey without Maps” in West Africa, 9 - 15 September 1996.

32. “Towards an African High Command” in Panafrica, October 1996.

33. “The Scholar-Diplomat” in West Africa, 30 September - 13 October 1996.

34. “Cry, the beloved Country!” in Panafrica, November 1996.

35. “A Wreath for Saro-Wiwa” in Newswatch, 25 November 1996. 

36. “The Great Lakes of Crocodiles” in Panafrica, December 1996.

37. “A Response to a Literary Warlord” in West Africa, 16-22 December 1996.

38. “Mad Dogs and Glory” in Newswatch, 30 December 1996.

39. “Buyoya's Bubbling Bloodbath” in Panafrica, January 1997.

40. “Two Weddings and a Funeral” in West Africa, 6 - 12 January 1997.

41. “Rapid-Reaction Force could help alleviate African Misery”, with Michael O’Hanlon, in Defense News, 13-19 Jan 1997.

42. “The Strange Disappearance of the Pharaoh” in Panafrica, February 1997.

43. “The West African Wager” in Panafrica, March 1997.

44. “The Crisis in Nigeria” in The Washington Times, 9 April 1997.

45. “Emperors of the Cold War” in West Africa, 14-20 April 1997.

46. “The Sick Man of Africa” in Panafrica, April 1997.

47. “Confounding the Coming Anarchists” in West Africa, 80th Anniversary Issue, May 1997. 

48. “Folie de Grandeur” in The World Today, June 1997.

49. “A Tale of Two Cities” in West Africa, 16-22 June 1997.

50. “Death of a Prophet” in West Africa, 18-24 August 1997.

51. “Not Yet Uhuru” in West Africa, 6-12 October 1997.

52. “Saddam’s Bazaar” in The World Today, March 1998.

53. “On the Brink of Change”, with Chris Landsberg, Sowetan, 15 July 1998.

54. “Sights and Sounds of Lagos”, Tell, 25 May 1998.

55. “South Africa and Nigeria Carry our Hopes into the Future”, with Chris Landsberg, The Sunday Independent, 27 June 1999. 

56. “Whither Nigeria’s Foreign Policy?”, Tell, 23 August 1999.

57. “Once a Talk Shop…”, Tell, 20 December 1999.

58. “Not just a coup”, West Africa, 10-16 January 2000. 

59. “Sheikhs, Soldiers, and Sand”, The World Today, January 2000. 

60. “United Nations, Divided Country”, West Africa, 17-22 January 2000. 

61. “The World’s Diplomat”, West Africa, 14-20 February 2000.

62. “Signpost to Armageddon”, Tell, 27 March 2000.

63. “After chequered past, UN takes up peacekeeping duties”, The Los Angeles Times, April 2000.

64. “Banquet for Warlords”, with David Keen, The World Today, July 2000. 

65. “Can an Insecure Mbeki Avoid the Fate of Kwame Nkrumah?”, with Chris Landsberg, The Sunday Independent, 6 May, 2001.

66. “No Room For Subtlety in US’s New War”, Business Day, 16 October 2001.

67. “A Ghost at the Summit”, Tell, 4 February 2002.

68. “Time to Stand Up to the Wild West”, Sowetan, 14 October 2002.

69. “Sierra Leone: UN Intervention Examined”, West Africa, 25 November-1 December 2002.

70. “Africa needs Help to Help Itself”, with David M. Malone, International Herald Tribune, 20 January 2003.

71. “A Western Wolf in African sheepskin”, Mail and Guardian, 14-20 November 2003.

72. “Obasanjo, Mbeki as thick as thieves” with Chris Landsberg, Mail and Guardian, 13-19 February 2004.

73. “Genocide should never be allowed to happen again”, Cape Times, 22 May 2004.

74. “Great Expectations in West Africa”, in Global Dialogue, April 2004.

75. “South Africa: Messiah or Mercantilist?” This Day, 4 May 2004. 

76. “Rethinking a Continent: From Kwame Nkrumah to Thabo Mbeki”, Mail and Guardian, 30 April-6 May 2004. 

77. “A Far cry from the OAU”, Mail and Guardian, 16 - 22 July 2004. 

78. “Blue Helmets help to stamp out bush fires”, in Sunday Independent, 22 August 2004.

79. “The Pied Piper of Pretoria,” in Global Dialogue, February 2005. 

80. “Afro-Asian Leaders need to rekindle the Spirit of Bandung”, The Sunday Independent, 24 April 2005.

81. “AIDS Threatens National Security,” Cape Times, 29 April 2005.

82. “ECOWAS, SADC share Ailments,” City Press, 22 May 2005.

83. “UN Reform needs African Perspectives,” Mail and Guardian, 20 - 26 May 2005.

84. “Of Fading Rock Stars and Little Else,” Mail and Guardian, 15 - 21 July 2005.

85. “Security Council Reform: Who Represents Africa?” Mail and Guardian, 29 July - 4 August 2005.

86. “UN Reform: Dialogue of the Deaf,” Mail and Guardian, 9-15 September 2005.

87. “Rich Misers need to Learn Scrooge’s Christmas Lesson,” Business Day, 20 December 2005.

88. “ECOMOG: Military Inventions in West Africa;” Africa Conflict Peace and Governance Monitor, 2005.

89. “Blue Helmets, Burning Brushfires: UN Peacekeeping in Africa,” Africa Conflict Peace and Governance Monitor, 2005.

90. “Made in America, Broken by America,” Mail and Guardian, 17-23 March 2006.

91. “Fractures in a Grand African Marriage,” Business Day, 5 July 2006.

92. “A Most Unsavoury Rehabilitation”, Mail and Guardian, 21-27 July 2006.

93. “Natives Boobed – on Strategy Alone”, Sunday Times, 23 July 2006.

94. “DRC is Unlikely to Get Back up on its Feet without Foreign Assistance”, The Sunday Independent, 30 July 2006.

95. “‘African Cassandra’ Adedeji comes Full Circle on NEPAD”, Business Day, 1 September 2006.

96. “Pretoria, Paris, and the Crisis in Cote d’Ivoire”, Global Dialogue, September 2006.

97. “Ban leads Asian Bloc’s Bid for Most Impossible Job on Earth”, The Sunday Independent, 8 October 2006.

98. “SA at the UN: Don’t Believe the Hype”, Mail and Guardian, 27 October – 2 November 2006.

99. “West Africa:  A Year of Living Dangerously” Africa Conflict, Peace and Governance Monitor, 2006.

100. “UN Reform: Dead as a Dodo”, Africa Conflict, Peace and Governance Monitor, 2006.

101. “Idi Amin:  The Making of a Warrior God”, Sunday Times, 11 February 2007.

102. “Tread Warily through the Politics of Peacekeeping”, Sunday Times, 29 April 2007.

103. “Two Economic Powerhouses Struggle to Form an Alliance that Works”, Cape Times, 21 May 2007. 

104. “From Rhodes to Mbeki”, Mail and Guardian, 15 June 2007.

105. “Africa’s Quest for El Dorado”, Mail and Guardian, 29 June 2007.

106. “SA and Nigeria Must throw Culture into Foreign Policy Mix”, Sunday Times, 15 July 2007. 

107. “Ten Prophets of Pax Africana”, Global Dialogue, August 2007.

108. “Blue-helmet Blues Hit As World Body Polices Africa”, The Sunday Independent, 26 August 2007.

109. “There’s no escaping Fela’s ridicule”, The Sunday Independent, 9 September 2007. 

110. “Who are the good, the bad and the ugly on our shores?”, Business Day, 30 November 2007.

111. “The phenomenal appeal of Barack Obama”, Business Day, 21 April 2008. 

112. “Africa Day, Reversing the curse of Berlin”, Mail and Guardian, 23 to 29 May 2008.

113. “Little evidence of renaissance thinking in SA”, The Sunday Independent, 20 July 2008. 

114. “Global African’ Embodies Continent’s Triple Legacy”, The Sunday Independent, 27 July 2008.    

115. “Heavy pedaling needed in uphill strategy”, The Sunday Independent, 17 August 2008.

116. “The Springbok and the dragon: a tale of Imperialism”, The Sunday Independent, 17 August 2008.

117. “Mbeki: prince to Nkrumah’s king”, The Sunday Independent, 29 September 2008.

118. “Trade relations between Peking and Africa: Black Continent, Yellow Resources”, Formiche (Italy), 11 August 2008 issue.

119. “How Ghandhi’s legacy spread: A shy young lawyer from India was to influence history in South Africa and globally”, The Sunday Independent, 19 October 2008.

120. “The last thing Congo needs is these neo-Colonial remedies” The Guardian (England), 12 November 2008.

121. “No easy road to integration”, The Sunday Independent, 23 November 2008.

122. “The return of the kings?”, The Sunday Independent, 7 December 2008.

123. “The G-20: saying farewell to the 'blue-eyed blond men?”, Business Day, 14 April 2009

124. “Time for SA diplomats to get real”, Mail and Guardian, 5 June 2009. 

125. “Obama's Africa Express”, Mail and Guardian, 10 July 2009. 

126. “The Strange Disappearance of the Moonwalker”, The Sunday Independent, 12 July 2009.

127. “Natives are Getting Restless”, Mail and Guardian, 14 August 2009.

128. “From global apartheid to global village: Africa and the UN”, The Sunday Independent, 16 August 2009.

129. “Regional rival Angola could yet become SA's best friend”, Business Day, 19 August 2009.

130. “How the UN supports global apartheid”, The Ottawa Citizen, 7 September 2009.

131. “Obama’s Nobel ancestry”, Mail & Guardian, 16 October 2009.

132. “Africa’s Philosopher-King”, The Sunday Independent, 18 October 2009.

133. “Obama, Africa and the avuncular Sam”, The Sunday Independent, 1 November 2009. 

134. “Berlin’s partition of Africa still felt today”, The Sunday Independent, 8 November 2009.

135. “Broadway’s Nigerian Fellow”, Mail and Guardian, 4 December 2009.

136. “Economist’s self-flagellating aid tract does continent no favours”, Business Day, 18 December 2009.

137. "Obama: ‘Bush with a smile?’ ”, Mail and Guardian, 22 January 2010.

138. “Our psyches shy of the goal”, Mail and Guardian, 12 March 2010.

139. “Africa grows suspicious of Gaddafi’s bizarre ambitions”, Business Day, 1 April 2010.

140. “Timely look at Africa and football”, The Sunday Independent, 18 April 2010.

141. “Can this man rise to The occasion”, Sunday Times, 23 May 2010.

142. “Pride of Cameroon must roar”, Sunday Times, 6 June 2010.

143. “In a new light”, Cape Times, 11 June 2010.

144. “The dying gasp of Africa’s ruthless French oppressor”, Business Day, 27 July 2010.

145. “A midlife crisis for Africa”, Mail and Guardian, 30 July 2010.

146. “The First pan-African martyr”, Mail and Guardian, 20 August 2010.

147. “Can Zuma hold a candle to Mbeki?”, Sunday Times (South Africa), 19 September 2010.

148. “The Seven Horsemen of Nigeria’s Apocalypse”, Mail and Guardian, 1 October 2010.

149. “Where to, Africa?”, Mail and Guardian, 23 December 2010.

150. “Celebrating Adebayo Adedeji at 80”, ThisDay (Nigeria), 29 January 2011.  

151. “Time for the AU to reflect”, Mail and Guardian, 31 January 2011.

152. “Pretoria’s clumsy role in Ivorian stalemate”, Business Day, 21 February 2011.

153. “Look at how Africa is changing”, The Observer (London), 27 February 2011.

154. “Gaddafi: the despot who would be king”, Mail and Guardian, 4 March 2011.

155. “Gandhian values return home to Africa”, Business Day, 8 March 2011.

156. “Tale of two visionary men who became Cassandras”, Business Day, 17 March 2011. \

157. “AU and EU: Poor and rich man's club”,  Mail and Guardian, 25 March 2011.

158. “Africa must support Libya intervention”, Mail and Guardian, 1 April 2011.

159. “After Gbagbo, what next for Ivory Coast”, The Guardian (London), 5 April 2011.

160. “Interpreting a President”, The Sunday Independent, 10 April 2011.

161. “Bob: an inspiring African story”, The Sunday Independent, 15 May 2011.

162. “Dialogue of the deaf”, Mail and Guardian, 15 July 2011.

163. “Mandela and Rhodes, Africa's saint and sinner”, Saturday Star, 23 July 2011. 

164. “An African girl child, who would rise to lead her nation”, The Sunday Independent, 7 August 2011.

165. “Recalling First's Gaddafi and Libya insights”, Business Day, 17 August 2011.

166. “Gaddafi: the man who would be king of Africa”,  The Guardian, 26 August 2011.

167. “Liberia’s Mother Courage”, This Day (Nigeria), 1September 2011.

168. “Farewell to Africa's spirited 'Earth Mother”, Business Day, 28 September 2011.

169. “Five myths of Libyan intervention”,  Mail and Guardian, 30 September 2011.

170. “Sirleaf: Peace prize for a 'warmonger'”, Mail and Guardian, 14 October 2011.

171. “Quddafi’s Monarchical Delusions”, This Day (Nigeria), 28 October  201.1

172. “The games the great powers play”, The Star, 7 December 2011.

173. “50 years on, Luthuli’s Nobel speech still stirs the heart”, The Sunday Independent, 11 December 2011.

174. “SA made three key blunders in AU poll fiasco”, Business Day, 9 February 2012.

175. “When intervention trumps sovereignty”, Mail and Guardian, 17 February 2012.

176. “Appraising Mandela and Mbeki”, The Sunday Independent, 26 February 2012.

177. “From Suez to Sudan”, New World, Spring 2012.

178. “South Africa and Angola: Southern Africa’s Pragmatic Hegemons”, Regional Integration Observer, Volume 6 No. 1, April 2012.

179. “Defence security begins at home”, Mail and Guardian, 11 May 2012.

180. “No surprise when De Klerk defends the indefensible”, Business Day, 28 May 2012.

181. “The sad return of Africa’s ‘men on horseback”, Business Day, 28 June 2012.

182. “Nigeria and South Africa: rivalries, rows and reconciliations”, The World Today, Volume 68 No. 7, July 2012.

183. “Dlamini-Zuma’s victory may turn out to be a pyrrhic one”, Business Day, 3 August 2012.

184. “Meles Zenawi: Ethiopia’s pragmatic philosopher-kind or cruel despot?”, The Guardian (London), 8 August 2012.

185. “Africa needs to unite through peaceful means”, Business Day, 27 August 2012.

186. “Blair on trial not as fanciful as it once seemed”, Business Day, 10 September 2012.

187. “Is Mbeki correct to declare the AU a failure?”, Business Day, 27 September 2012.

188. “Hope is the loser in this strange US election”, Business Day, 8 October 2012.

189. “Valuable lessons for Africa in EU’s integration”, Business Day, 22 October 2012.

190. “Uganda at 50: of coups, coffee, and crude oil”, Business Day, 5 November 2012.

191. “Award to Nigerian diplomat might build bridges”, Business Day, 19 November 2012. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and This Day (Nigeria).

192. “Paul Prebisch and the building of Latin America”, Business Day, 3 December 2012.

193. “The elusive quest for Pax Africana continues”, Business Day, 28 January 2013. Also published in This Day, Nigeria.

194. “UK’s delusions of grandeur keep it aloof from EU”, Business Day, 11 February 2013.

195. “Poetic justice for Nigeria in Super Eagles victory”, Business Day,, 25 February 2013. Also published in This Day (Nigeria).

196. “Africa’s image suffers in the hands of Hollywood”, Business Day, 11 March 2013.

197. “Bidding a fond farewell to Africa’s finest griot”, Business Day, 25 March 2013.

198. “Despite devastation in His name, God is not African”, Business Day, 8 April 2013.

199. “Remember Thatcher for her Black Mischief”, Business Day, 22 April 2013.

200. “The Sad Deterioration of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy”, Business Day, 6 May 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

201. “SA, Nigeria: African Giants Star in Shakespearean Drama”, The Sunday Independent, 12 May 2013.

202. “Africans March Upward to Economic Purgatory”, Business Day, 20 May 2013. Also published in This Day (Nigeria). 

203. “Prophets of Pan-Africanism: From the OAU to the AU”, The Sunday Independent, 26 May 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

204. “The Perils of ‘Area Boy Diplomacy’”, The Vanguard (Nigeria), 3 June 2013. 

205. “The Wave of ‘Obamamania’ in Africa Peters Out”, Business Day, 3 June 2013.

206. “Barack Obama’s Six Deadly Sins”, The Sunday Independent, 30 June 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and The East African (Kenya).

207. “Kenya at 50: Has It Now Achieved Independence?”, Business Day, 1 July 2013. Also published in This Day (Nigeria).

208. “Egyptian Coup is the Worst Form of Mob Rule”, Business Day, 15 July 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

209. “SA’s Quest for God, Gold and Glory in West Africa”, Business Day, 29 July 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

210. “Obasanjo’s Credibility as a Democrat in Question”, Business Day, 12 August 2013.

211. “Pax Gallica in Unlikely to Bring Security to Africa”, Business Day, 26 August 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

212. “No Conversion on Obama’s Road to Damascus”, Business Day, 9 September 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and The East African (Kenya).

213. “Mbeki Was a Coriolanus to Nkrumah’s Caesar”, Business Day, 23 September 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

214. “A Wreath in Honour of Edward Said”, The Sunday Independent, 6 October 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

215. “Lesson from Aesop about UN’s Great Powers”, Business Day, 7 October 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

216. “A Chance for SA and Nigeria to Upstage Pax Gallica”, Business Day, 15 October 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

217. “From Berlin to Banding: A Tale of Two Conferences”, Business Day, 21 October 2013. Also published in This Day (Nigeria).

218. “SA’s Claim of Exceptionalism Does It A Disservice”, Business Day, 4 November 2013.

219. “Almost 50 Years On, UN Still Struggles in Congo”, Business Day, 18 November 2013.

220. “America Still Sweeps Slavery Past Under the Rug”, Business Day, 2 December 2013.

221. “Statesman Played a Major Role in Efforts to Unite Africa”, Sunday Independent, 8 December 2013. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

222. “The King is Dead, Long Live the King!”, Sunday Independent, 12 January 2014.

223. “Africa has Three Priorities for 2014”, Business Day, 27 January 2014.

224. “Ellis’ Afro-phobia Apparent in Broader Context, Business Day, 10 February 2014.

225. “Brahimi Spots the Cracks in Brick Wall of Syria”, Business Day, 24 February 2014. Also published in This Day (Nigeria).

226. “Africa’s Historic Night at the Oscars”, The Sunday Independent, 2 March 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

227. “Africa Should Learn From Its Nobel Laureates”, Business Day, 10 March 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and Daily Graphic (Ghana).

228. “Wearing No Clothes During a Dubious Mission”, Business Day, 24 March 2014. Also published in This Day (Nigeria).

229. “Global Community Fiddled as Rwanda Burned”, Business Day, 7 April 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

230. “A Humbler SA Would Be a Good Thing for Africa”, Business Day, 5 May 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

231. “Ode to an Obituarist: Kaye Whiteman”, Business Day, 25 May 2014. Also published in the Premium Times (online publication, Nigeria) and The Guardian (Nigeria).

232. “Boko Haram Has Exposed Jonathan’s Ineptitude”, Business Day, 2 June 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

233. “Trade Union of the Poor Versus Club of the Rich”, Business Day, 30 June 2014.

234. “Land-grabber Rhodes Still Honoured All Over SA”, Business Day, 14 July 2014.

235. “‘Great Power’ Germany Can Be Good for Africa”, Business Day, 30 July 2014.

236. “A Discordant Summit that Breached Protocol”, Business Day, 11 August 2014.

237. “SADC Needs to Overcome Flaws to Benefit Region”, Business Day, 25 August 2014.

238. “Pax Nigeriana Needs Clear Vision to be Achieved”, Business Day, 8 September 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

239. “A Diva, but She Deserves the Epithet ‘Iron Lady’”, Business Day, 22 September 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

240. “Africa Lost an Unflagging Peacemaker in Vogt”, Business Day, 6 October 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

241. “The Prophet of Pax Africana”, The Sunday Independent, 19 October 2014.

242. “Africa has to Raise Pax Africana from the Dead”, Business Day, 20 October 2014.

243. “Political Safari Still the Template for US on Africa”, Business Day, 3 November 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

244. “The Global Rise of German Power”, The Sunday Independent, 16 November 2014 (with Kudrat Virk).

245. “From ‘Arab Spring’ to ‘African Harmattan’”, Business Day, 17 November 2014. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

246. “AU Chairwoman Dlamini-Zuma Failing to Lead”, Business Day, 1 December 2014.  

247. “Selma’s Martin Luther King has No Need of White Saviour”, Business Day, 16 January 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

248. “Africa Looking Set for Yet Another Eventful Year”, Business Day, 26 January 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

249. “A Prime Example of African Sporting Prowess”, Business Day, 9 February 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

250. “Obama Failing to Live Up to His Pledges On Africa”, Business Day, 23 February 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

251. “Bad Omen for Nigeria in Talk of Postponing Polls”, Business Day, 9 March 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

252. “Debate Over Rhodes is One of Transformation”, Business Day, 23 March 2015.

253. “Why Price is Wrong over Rhodes”, The Sunday Independent, 29 March 2015. Also published in Eurasia Review.

254. “Ramphele Failed in University Transformation”, Business Day, 20 April 2015.

255. “‘Chimerica’ will Define the Future of Geopolitics”, Business Day, 4 May 2015.

256. “‘Dog-whistle Politics Makes a Serious Problem Even Worse”, Business Day, 8 May 2015.

257. “How Bismarck Plundered Africa’s Juiciest Riches”, Business Day, 18 May 2015. Also published in Rand Daily Mail.

258. “Only Nigeria Can Fulfill the West African Dream”, Business Day, 1 June 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and Rand Daily Mail.

259. “No Evidence of SA’s Appeasement of Nigeria”, Business Day, 15 June 2015. Also published in Rand Daily Mail.

260. “Remembering Maya Angelou”, Business Day, 29 June 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

261. “Do Pop Stars Know They’re Patronising Africa?” Business Day, 13 July 2015. Also published in The Guardian (London), The Guardian (Nigeria), and Rand Daily Mail.

262. “Obama's Visit to Kenya is Like All his African Policy – Merely Symbolic”, The Guardian (London), 21 July 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria), The East African, Business Day, and Rand Daily Mail. 

263. “Determination required for African integration”, Business Day, 24 August 2015. Also published in The East African, The Guardian (Nigeria), and in Rand Daily Mail.

264. “Africa Must Map a New Approach to Diversity”, Business Day, 7 September 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and in Rand Daily Mail.

265. “Africans Show Their Mettle and Collect Medals”, Business Day, 21 September 2015. Also published in The East African and The Guardian (Nigeria).

266. “Africa Needs More Clout in UN Security Council”, Business Day, 5 October 2015. 

267. “Africa Endows West-inclined United Nations with Ubuntu”, Business Day, 19 October 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and in Rand Daily Mail.

268. “Complex History Dogs Life-Saving Interventions”, Business Day, 2 November 2015.

269. “Superstars Can Lift Masses to Religious Euphoria”, Business Day, 16 November 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

270. “Rugby Superstar Never Forgot His Humble Roots”, Business Day, 30 November 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

271. “Tunisia’s Nobel Win a Lesson in Civil Negotiation”, Business Day, 14 December 2015. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

272. “What the Bones Predict for Africa’s Year Ahead”, Business Day, 11 January 2016. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and Rand Daily Mail.

273. “Five Years On, Afro-Arab Spring Has No Bounce”, Business Day, 25 January 2016. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

274. “AU Summit of Ghosts, Guns and Mugabe’s Angels”, Business Day, 8 February 2016. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria) and in Africa Focus Bulletin.

275. “Mbeki and Churchill - Open to History’s Verdict”, Business Day, 22 February 2016. Also published in Rand Daily Mail.

276. “Farewell to UN’s Bold, Bitter, and Bright Pharaoh”, Business Day, 8 March 2016. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

277. “Zuma’s Nigerian Visit a Balm for Better Relations”, Business Day, 4 April 2016. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

278. “Mbeki: a Critique of the Philosopher-King’s Legacy”, Business Day, 18 April 2016. Also published in Rand Daily Mail and Sunday World.

279. “Rise and Fall of Africa’s Philosopher-King”, Sunday Independent, 24 April 2016.  

280. “Mbeki’s Dream of Africa’s Renaissance Belied South Africa’s Schizophrenia”, The Conversation, 24 April 2016. 

281. “SA's Leadership Role on Continent an Evolving Strategic Web”, Business Day, 3 May 2016. 

282. “Group of States Needs Synergy with EU Goals”, Business Day, 16 May 2016.

283. “Group of States Needs Synergy with EU Goals”, Business Day, 16 May 2016.

284. “Pan-Africanism: From Nkrumah to Nollywood”, Sunday Independent, 22 May 2016.

285. “Continent Hobbled by Reliance on External Forces”, Business Day, 30 May 2016. Also published in Rand Daily Mail.

286. “Ali’s Passing Brings Courageous Fight to an End”, Business Day, 13 June 2016. Also public in The Guardian (Nigeria).

287. “UN Just Delivers More of the Same Old Same Old”, Business Day, 27 June 2016.

288. “Deep Mistrust of Europe Sowed Seeds of Brexit”, Business Day, 11 July 2016. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

289. “Rich Tribute to One of Africa’s Intellectual Giants”, Business Day, 25 July 2016.

290. “Now Showing: One Bigot, Two Egos and a US Poll”, Business Day, 8 August 2016. Also published in The Guardian (Nigeria).

291. “How an Iconic Sprinter Outran Notions of Race”, Business Day, 22 August 2016.

292. “Divisive Sarkozy Back on the Presidential Train”, Business Day, 5 September 2016.

293. “Black Panther Still on the Hunt for Social Justice”, Business Day, 19 September 2016.

294. “Mbeki — From Ousted President to Peacemaker”, Business Day, 3 October 2016.

295. “António Guterres Vows to Usher in Gender Equity”, Business Day, 17 October 2016.

296. “Haiti Hurricane Puts Republic of NGOs’ Exploitation in Focus”, Business Day, 1 November 2016.

297. “Populist Insurgent Has Taken The Controls”, Business Day, 14 November 2016.

298. “Thabo Mbeki A Sharp-Minded Leader With Flaws”, Business Day, 28 November 2016.

299. “Post-Conflict Rebuilding Resources Lacking”, Business Day, 12 December 2016. 

300. “Tribute To An African Woman of Courage”, The Guardian (Nigeria), 31 January 2017; and Business Day, 6 February 2017.

301. “AU Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Tried Reform, But Failed”, Business Day, 20 February 2017.

302. “Leaders’ Ignorance Feeds Xenophobia” Business Day, 6 March 2017.

303. “EU Paradise Plagued By Populist Swarms”, Business Day, 20 March 2017.

304. “Decolonising South Africa’s Ivory Towers”, Business Day, 3 April 2017.

305. “Xenophobia Denialism Flies In The Face of Evidence”, Sunday Independent (South Africa), 30 April 2017.

306. “Biopic Honours Struggle Hero Mahlangu”, Business Day, 15 May 2017.

307. “Nollywood As a Pan-African Cultural Phenomenon”, The Star, 25 May 2017.

308. “African Scourge of Presidential Paralysis,” Business Day, 29 May 2017.

309. “The Pan-African Conversation Aims To Revive Goals”, Sunday Independent (South Africa), 11 June 2017. 

310. “Breathing New Life Into Pan-Africanism”, Business Day, 12 June 2017.

311. “ANC Woolly and Chaotic on Foreign Policy”, Business Day, 26 June 2017.

312. “G-20 Will Again Fall Short With African Plan,” Business Day, 10 July 2017.

313. “Farewell To The Last Prophet of Negritude”, The Guardian (Nigeria), 25 July 2017; and Business Day, 24 July 2017.

314. “Remembering Albert Luthuli”, Business Day, 8 August 2017.

315. “The President and the Playwright”, The Guardian (Nigeria) and Business Day, both published 21 August 2017.

316. “Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s Enduring Legacy,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 23 August 2017; and Sunday Independent (South Africa), 27 August 2017.

317. “Alchemical Ideas For Healing AU Could Kill Patient”, Business Day, 4 September 2017.

318. “Farewell To An Organic Intellectual”, The Guardian (Nigeria), 10 September 2017; also published in Business Day, 18 September 2017; and The Guardian (London), 27 September 2017. 20. “Trump’s Bumbling Belligerence is More of the Same”, Business Day, 2 October 2017.

319. “The Golden Jubilee of Pax Africana”, Business Day, 16 October 2017; and The Guardian (Nigeria), 20 October 2017.

320. “Nigerians Fume As ‘Great Warrior’ Zuma Looms Over City”, Business Day, 30 October 2017. 

321. “UN Remains Toothless Despite Best Intentions to Reform,” Business Day, 13 November 2017. 

322. “Africa’s History Suggests Army Will Not Free Zimbabwe,” Business Day, 27 November 2017.

323. ““Trump’s African “Shithole is commonplace in America”, The Guardian (Nigeria), 21 January 2018.

324. “Stereotyping of Africa in US Helps Shape Trump’s Views” Business Day, 22 January 2018. 

325. “Africa In 2018: No Longer at Ease” The Guardian (Nigeria), 4 February 2018, Business Day, 5 February 2018.

326. ”The Heirs of Rhodes and Lugard,” Sunday Times (South Africa), 4 February 2018.

327. “Cultural Hegemony: Nollywood versus South Africa Inc”, City Press, 4 February 2018.

328. “Instability Continues To Hamper Africa’s Growth Prospects”, Business Day, 5 February 2018.

329. “Nollywood vs Mall Mania”, City Press, 18 February 2018.

330. “Active, Vocal Civil Society Gives Sierra Leone the Edge”, Business Day, 19 February 2018.

331. “SA and Nigeria Hold the Key For Africa’s Development”, Business Day, 5 March 2018.

332. “The Eagle and the Springbok, Nigeria and South Africa”, The Star, 5 March 2018.

333. “A Tale Of Two Cities”, The Guardian (Nigeria), 6 March 2018.

334. “Biography Draws out Paradoxes about Dlamini-Zuma”, Business Day, 19 March 2018.

335. “Could SA Lead the Efforts to Formulate a Pax Africana?”, Business Day, 16 April 2018.

336. “Black Panther: Racial Therapy in A Trump Era”, The Sunday Independent, 29 April 2018.

337. “Adebayo Adedeji: Farewell To Africa’s Cassandra,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 1 May 2018.

338. “Leviathan On The Limpopo?”, The Star, 25 May 2018.  

339. “Silencing The Guns In Africa”, Business Day, 28 May 2018. 

340. “Lest We Forget Martin Luther King’s Fight For the Poor”, Business Day, 11 June 2018. 

341. “Britain’s Windrush Scandal”, Business Day, 25 June 2018. 

342. “New Mbeki Critique A Welcome Contribution To The Field”, Business Day, 9 July 2018.

343. “Mandela and Obama: Is One A Saint And One A Sinner?”, Business Day, 23 July 2018. 

344. “Transforming Ivory Towers To Ebony Towers”, Business Day, 6 August 2018.

345. “Farewell To An African Peacemaker”, The Guardian (Nigeria), 27 August 2018.

346. “When Being French Is Not Baguette-And-Brie Enough”, Business Day, 3 September 2018. 

347. “MTN Woes in Nigeria”, Business Day, 17 September 2018.

348. “SA In Prime Position To Shift UN Focus To Africa’s Conflict”, Business Day, 1 October 2018.

349. “UN’s Plan Should Be Adopted To End Migrant Deaths”, Business Day, 15 October 2018.

350. “Kenya’s Wanjala Was One of Africa’s Literary Greats”, Business Day, 29 October 2018.

351. “History Shows US is Unlikely to Sanction Saudi Arabia”, Business Day, 12 November 2018.

352. “Giving Voice to Global Africans in Joburg and Barbados”, Business Day, 26 November 2018. 

353. “Anti-Rape Activist is the 12th African Nobel Prize Winner”, Business Day, 10 December 2018.

354. “Africa’s Limping Leviathans”, The Guardian (Nigeria), 30 January 2019.

355. “Nigerian Voters Caught Between a Rock and Hard Place”, Business Day, 11 February 2019.

356. “Nigerian Election Shambles Comes As No Surprise”, Business Day, 25 February 2019. 

357. “Rich Tapestry of Black Life is also a Stinging Indictment”, Business Day, 11 March 2019.

358. “Kagame vs Adedeji: Debating the African Free Trade Area,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 25 March          2019.

359. “Conflict and Migration in Africa,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 7 April 2019.    

360. “On the Revolutions in Sudan and Algeria,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 13 May 2019.         

361. “SA and Nigeria: Africa’s Sleeping Giants,” The Star, 8 May 2019.  

362. “SA Wants Hands in Security Council Decisions on Africa,” Business Day, 20 May 2019.    

363. “Africa’s Golden Generation,” The Guardian (Nigeria),    20 June 2019.

364. “Versatile, Scholarly Pandor Good Fit for Foreign Ministry,” Business Day, 1 July 2019.

365. “Baldwin’s Wide Angle on US Race Relations Still in Focus,” Business Day, 15 July 2019.

366. “Flaming Flamingo: The Life and Times of Israel Adebajo,” The Guardian (Nigeria), July/August   2019 (3 parts).

367. “Farewell to America’s Bard,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 11 August 2019.

368. “The American Condition,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 28 August 2019.

369. “The South Africa-Nigeria Palaver,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 13 September 2019.

370. “Nostalgia and Some Lessons from a Barbados Seminar,” Business Day, 23 September 2019.    

371. “Was Ghandi A Racist?” The Guardian (Nigeria), 20 October 2019. 

372. “Nigeria and South Africa Try to ‘Reset’ Relations,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 31 October 2019.    

373. “South Sudan Transitional Government a Priority in Talks,” Business Day, 3 November 2019.

374. “Revisiting The Curse of Berlin,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 28 November 2019.    

375. “AU Urged To Put Greater Effort Into Solving Migration Crisis,” Business Day, 1 December 2019.

376. “The Three Demons of Delayed Development, Debt, and Dictatorships,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 28 January 2020.

377. “Kenyan Strongman Daniel arap Moi Ruled By A Culture of Fear,” Business Day, 9 February 2020.

378. “Cynthia Erivo: Buiding Bridges to Africa’s Diaspora” The Guardian (Nigeria), 3 March 2020.

379. “Nigerian ‘Iron Lady’ Brings Rich Experience to Rampaphosa Economic Team”, Business Day, 12 March 2020.

380. “Tweedledee and Tweedledum: Donald Trump and Boris Johnson”, The Guardian (Nigeria), 19 March 2020.

381. “The Afropolitan Intellectual,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 27 March 2020.

382. “Donald Trump’s Decision To Cut WHO Funding Puts Global Health At Risk”, Business Day, 19 April 2020.

383. "The Global Apartheid of COVID-19", The Guardian (Nigeria), 19 May 2020.

384. “Tanzanian Minister Leaves A Lasting Legacy of Peacemaking,” Business Day, 17 May 2020.

385. “Time Is Running Out For SA To Help Silence The Guns In Africa,” Business Day, 31 May 2020.

386. “Requiem For The Monuments Men,” MO Magazine (Belgium), 20 July 2020.

387. “The Last of the Mohicans,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 10 August 2020.

388. “The UN at 75: Jesus Christ, Mother Teresa, and Adebayo Adedeji,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 14 September 2020    .

389. “Rhodes University Stubbornly Clings to Arch-Imperialist’s Name,” Business Day, 20 September 2020.

390. “Three Prophets of Reparations,” The Gleaner (Jamaica), 27 September 2020.

391. “Nigeria at 60: From Balewa to Buhari,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 2 October 2020.    

392. “Farewell to a Pioneering African Bard,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 20 October 2020.

393. “The Greatest Show on Earth,” The Gleaner (Jamaica), 1 November 2020. 

394. “The Death and Deification of ‘Junior Jesus’,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 17 November 2020.

395. “Prophets, Poets and Philosophers of the Pan-African Pantheon,” Business Day, 30 November 2020. 

396. “Pan-African Lessons for Transforming SA Curricula,”Business Day”, 14 December 2020. 

397. “Africa’s Year of Revolution?” The Guardian (Nigeria), 18 February 2021.  

398. “The Iron Lady in Geneva,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 1 March 2021.

399. “Wole Soyinka and His CIA Critics,’’The Guardian (Nigeria), 18 March 2021.

400. The Afropolitan Troubadour Emerges,’’Business Day, 29 March 2021.

401. “Burna Boy: The Afropolitan Troubadour,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 1 April 2021.

402. “Cecil Rhodes’s Legacy Is Crumbling But Needs to be Remembered,” Business Day, 12 April 2021.

403. “Boutros-Ghali’s Huge Contribution to Egypt and the World should not be Forgotten,” Business Day, 26 April 2021.

404. “Buhari and AFRICOM,’’ The Guardian (Nigeria), 12 May 2021.

405. “What Rhodes Said,” The Sunday Telegraph (Britain), 16 May 2021.

406. “The Lady Sings the Blues,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 27 May 2021.

407. “Gallic Delusions of Grandeur Bite The Dust in Africa,” Business Day,7 June 2021.    

408. “Farewell to Zambia’s Founding Father,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 21 June 2021.

409. “Highs and Lows of Relations Between the AU and EU,” Business Day, 5 July 2021. 

410. “Charles Dickens Continues to Inspire African Writers,” Business Day, 19 July 2021. 

411. “A Griot’s Tale: Revisiting Durban Conference Against Racism,” The Gleaner (Jamaica), 8 August 2021. 

412. “The Tokyo Olympics: Then and Now,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 18 August 2021.

413. “Pax Americana’s Hubris in Afghanistan,” Business Day, 30 August 2021.

414. “Chronicle of a Fiasco Foretold,’’ The Guardian (Nigeria), 1 September 2021.

415. “Germany’s Forgotten Genocide in Namibia,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 15 September 2021.

416. “Putin’s Mischief in Africa,” The Guardian (Nigeria), 28 September 2021.

417. “Africa’s Standing Amid The Jostling And Jousting In the UN Security Council,” Business Day, 11 October 2021.​

BOOK REVIEWS AND ESSAYS

1. Western Sahara by S.C. Saxena. International Affairs, April 1996.

2. Some kind of Black by Diran Adebayo. Panafrica, November 1996.

3. The Open Sore of a Continent by Wole Soyinka. International Affairs, January 1997. 

4. The Burden of Collective Goodwill by Abiodun Alao; and The Liberian Civil War by Mark Huband. International Affairs, January 1999.

5. Unvanquished: A US-UN Saga by Boutros Boutros-Ghali. International Affairs, November 2000.

6. “In the Burning Ashes,” Times Literary Supplement, 2 February 2001.

7. “Durbars and Regattas,” Times Literary Supplement, 1 February 2006.

8. “Worse than the Rest,” Times Literary Supplement, 28 July 2006.

9. “Africa’s ‘Moses’ led his people to the Promised Land,” City Press, 6 August 2006.

10. “Life and times of a struggle hero,” Mail and Guardian, 16 November 2007.

11. “Africa’s Avuncular Saint,” Africa Review of Books, volume 4, Number 1, March 2008. 

12. “African Prophet or American Poodle?” Africa Review of Books, March 2009.

13. “Dreams from Our ancestors: Obama and Africa,” Africa Review of Books, September 2009.

14. African Soccerscapes: How A Continent Changed the World’s Game by Peter Alegi. The Sunday Independent, 18 April 2010.

15. “Prophet of Africa’s Renaissance,” Transition, Issue 103, 2010.

16. “Interpreting a President,” The Sunday Independent, 10 April 2011.

17. Obasanjo, Nigeria and the World by John Iliffe. Africa Review of Books, March 2013.

18. “UN Peacekeeping and the Quest for a Pax Africana”, Current History, Volume 113, Issue 763, May 2014.

19. Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Africa Review of Books, March 2015.

20. “US Policy Toward Africa: The Rise and Fall of Obamamania”, Great Decisions, January 2015.

21.  “In Search of A Better Ending For Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma,” The Johannesburg Review of Books, 5 May 2018. 

22. “Black Orpheus and the Organic Intellectual: Remembering Abiola Irele and Raufu Mustapha,” The Republic, 1 March 2019.

23. “Remembering The African Renaissance?” The Johannesburg Review of Books, 3 June 2019.

24. “Gandhi As Heir of Rhodes? A Reassessment of the Mahatma as an Afro-Asian Prophet,” The Johannesburg Review of Books, 4 November 2019. 

25. “Facing Up to Woodrow Wilson’s True Legacy,” Times Literary Supplement, 6 August 2020.

26. “Tracing the Rich Tapestry of Black British Life,” (Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant, London: Vintage, 2020),  The Johannesburg Review of Books, 19 November 2020.

27. “A Crumbling Legacy,” Times Literary Supplement, 31 March 2021.

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