Etietop Akpabio
Politics
Sudan’s devastating war raging in the background
While much of the world’s focus on the conflicts currently being waged in Europe and the Middle East, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s war on Gaza. These conflicts have pushed much of the world’s focus away from...
Politics
Should Africans Care About Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has so far been carried out over 2 years at this point. The amount of death and destruction that have so far been maintained by Ukraine has been staggering. Entire cities and states that had...
Economy
Should African Countries Stop Taking Chinese loans?
For over two decades now, the Chinese government has been providing African governments with large amounts of loans for things such as infrastructures as part of their Belt and Road Initiative. African governments have been, in turn, more than...
Politics
Should Africans Care About Israel’s War in Gaza?
The Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza has been taking place for around 8 months at this point, after Israel had been horrifically attacked by Hamas on October 7th 2023. The Hamas attack on October 7th saw the deaths...
Culture
It’s time to end the Discrimination Against Afro Hair
A trend I have frequently observed over the years is that, every once in a while a story about a black student being forced to cut their Afro hair or facing discrimination due to their hair, goes viral on...
Politics
Is Ibrahim Traoré Actually Improving Burkina Faso?
Captain Ibrahim Traoré has been president of Burkina Faso for around one year at this point after taking over in a coup. During his time in power, he has managed to gain popularity online around the African continent, in...
Media
The News Deserts of Africa
The term “News Desert” gained prominence in the United States of America after hundreds of daily and weekly newspapers were closed around the country, especially around the in the 2000s and the 2010s. According to the Center for Innovation and...
Culture
America’s Obsession With Race; From an African Perspective
Viewing American culture from an external standpoint as someone who grew up in Africa, one stark difference between our two societies that I have always observed is how we deal with issues of race and ethnicity. It has always...
Media
Why I started an African Podcast
Podcasting is a medium that I have always found to be incredibly intriguing. The idea that people would be willing to listen to hours upon hours of just audio seemed very unlikely to me for a very long time. For...
Opinion
It is Time to Stop Blaming Outsiders for Africa’s Problems
One thing I have never quite enjoyed encountering from many African writers and intellectuals is this overemphasis on conflating many of Africa’s issues in the modern day with our past of colonial rule and/ or any form foreign influences;...
About Me
Etietop Akpabio is a Nigerian Blogger and Journalist at the Sahel Post, as well as the host of the African Podcast 'Africa PolitiCast.' With a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from the University of Namibia, he is dedicated to providing insightful commentary and analysis on African affairs.
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