Why Ghana’s Refinery Restart Matters for Africa
Nigeria supplying crude to Ghana shows what South-South cooperation can look like in practice. African countries trading more with each other, sharing resources, building industries, and keeping more value on the continent.
Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery project is a reminder that the continent has the capacity to build stronger regional supply chains on its own terms.
African Proverb Of The Week
When the European colonizer first stepped foot in Africa, he did not meet a “poor”, “starving”, “corrupt” continent. Otherwise, he and his descendants would not have gone on to plunder this continent for 500 years. He met a beautiful, bountiful land inhabited by curious, hospitable, and relatively peaceful people who organized their affairs according to their unique, indigenous context, and who welcomed him into their homes believing him, though odd-looking, to be ultimately as human as them.
But there was nothing human about him. And in the centuries that would follow, he and his descendants would inject the cultural, political and spiritual illnesses of their own societies into Africa, disrupting the continent’s indigenous development, and erasing its indigenous memory.
That historical truth is encoded in this North African proverb.
But throughout the history of cultural erasure, there were Africans who fought back, great thinkers like Cheikh Anta Diop, John Henrik Clarke and Marimba Ani, who peered into the past to recover what was lost and remind the people of Africa who they truly were. Their works are more accessible than ever in this digital age, and it is up to the African, who wishes to rediscover the beauty in who they are, to explore these works
Joshua Maponga: Democracy Was Imposed On Africa By The West To Serve Western Capitalism
On June 3, 2026, The Spearhead premiered its debut documentary, ‘What Happened On October 29?’, at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, a documentary which challenges the Western narrative about the violent, anti-government protests that rocked Tanzania in October 2025, offering an African-centered perspective on these “protests”, and exposing the nefarious, external forces behind them. This East African premiere came 8 days after the documentary’s West African premiere, which was held in Accra, Ghana.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held immediately after the Dar es Salaam screening, Zimbabwean author and philosopher, Joshua Maponga – who was a special guest at the screening – comments on the phenomenon of democracy in Africa, and how what Africans are raised today to call “democracy” is just colonialism with extra steps.
Why Is the U.S. Allowed to Host the 2026 World Cup?
Rather than helping the world come together, the United States has proven yet again to be a bad-faith actor.
During the run-up to the 2026 World Cup, other countries’ football players and officials, mainly those from the Global South, accused border officials of mistreating them.
The allegations come amidst the United States’ military aggression against Iran, and silence from the usual Western loudmouths who had much to say when Qatar, Russia, and South Africa had hosted the tournament in years past.
The double standard has become impossible to ignore, as Mckay Chukwu reports.
US-Funded “Lobito Corridor” Is A Tool To Cheaply Extract Africa’s Resources – David Hundeyin
On June 3, 2026, The Spearhead premiered its debut documentary, ‘What Happened On October 29?’, at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, a documentary which challenges the Western narrative about the violent, anti-government protests that rocked Tanzania in October 2025, offering an African-centered perspective on these “protests”, and exposing the nefarious, external forces behind them. This East African premiere came 8 days after the documentary’s West African premiere, which was held in Accra, Ghana.
In this excerpt from a panel discussion held immediately after the Dar es Salaam screening, Nigerian investigative journalist and founder of The Spearhead, David Hundeyin, sheds light on the infamous, US-funded “Lobito Corridor” railway project, how this project exists only to perpetuate the West’s plundering of Africa, and how the continent’s more equitable partnerships with China threaten the very premise of this project.
Dr Joshua Maponga - The Classroom Must Serve African Development
Joshua Maponga has done it again.
In this clip from the 3 June premiere in Dar es Salaam of The Spearhead’s documentary challenging the Western narrative on Tanzania’s post-election violence, ‘What Happened on October 29?’ the philosopher called for Tanzania to toss out its colonial-era curriculum. He suggested the government prepare young people to become stewards of the east African country’s vast natural resources.
Indeed, Tanzania ranks third in Africa for critical mineral reserves. Half of Tanzania’s exports are minerals, which generate $2.5 billion annually, according to the US International Trade Administration. Plus, revenues are expected to surge to $6.6 billion by 2027.
So do you agree with Maponga that Tanzanians should develop the skills to take control of their natural wealth? And what is education like in your African country? Drop us a comment.
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