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By InnerKwest Editorial-Research Desk • August 16, 2025 Executive Summary Across Africa, sovereignty functions on a spectrum—pulled by foreign military footprints and air operations, hard-currency pegs and IMF programs, port leases and security pacts, and recognition politics. This report maps where external levers are strongest right now and explains how they translate into day-to-day constraints on government choices. Vectors of …
What Is the “No More Chick-fil-A in Harlem” Movement? 1. Background & Context 2. Chick-fil-A’s Controversial Decision 3. The Movement’s Voice Summary Table Element Details Who’s behind it? The activist group December 12th Movement and broader Harlem community What happened? Chick-fil-A remained open on Malcolm X’s birthday during a civic shutdown Community response Boycott movement: “No More Chick-fil-A in Harlem” …
Granville Tailer Woods moved through the Gilded Age like current through copper—restless, purposeful, and always looking for a cleaner path. Between 1884 and 1910 he secured more than fifty U.S. patents spanning railroad communications, electric traction, and lighting controls. Much of what made early mass transit safer and more scalable traces back to his bench: induction-based “railway telegraphy,” smarter current …
By Guest InnerKwest Contributor: Capetown, South Africa Introduction Orania, a privately owned Afrikaner enclave in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, remains one of the most provocative social experiments in post-apartheid Africa. Founded in 1991 with a mission to preserve Afrikaner culture and language, Orania is often viewed as a form of voluntary segregation. But as the town quietly expands economically …
From InnerKwest’s Bloodlines & Power Series | August 9, 2025 A 2023 Reuters investigation found at least 119 of America’s most influential leaders—presidents, governors, members of Congress, and Supreme Court justices—descend from people who enslaved Black Americans. What that means for power, policy, and repair today. Introduction American power didn’t just survive slavery—it inherited it. In 2023, Reuters published a …
By InnerKwest Intelligence Desk A Currency Born in Colonization The CFA franc, a vestige of French colonial rule, remains one of the most enduring—and contentious—symbols of European influence in Africa. Created in 1945 by France, the “Franc des Colonies Françaises d’Afrique” was designed to serve as a shared currency for French-ruled territories in West and Central Africa. Today, more than …
📰 INNERKWEST FEATUREIntelligence Desk | InnerKwest.com A UN Move to Africa — But Who Still Holds the Power? The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is relocating a quarter of its New York-based staff to Nairobi, Kenya—a move quietly unfolding with far-reaching implications. While the stated goal is decentralization and cost savings, African observers, sovereignty advocates, and geopolitical analysts are asking …
By InnerKwest Intelligence Desk 🔓 The Walls Were Never Ours Africa stands at a crossroads, once again—this time, not in chains, but in choice. A choice to rise above the invisible fences drawn by foreign rulers over a century ago. The Borderless Africa campaign, spearheaded by Africans Rising, is far more than a political movement. It is a collective act …
How Soft Power, Foreign Influence, and Internal Fractures Constrain Africa’s Pursuit of True Sovereignty By InnerKwest Editorial At first glance, the African Union (AU) is the proud symbol of a continent rising. Its marble halls, diplomatic summits, and bold declarations reflect the aspirations of over a billion people seeking unity, development, and self-determination. But beneath the surface, a complex web …
By InnerKwest | Johannesburg SA CorrespondentPublished: July 2025 In Johannesburg, Africa’s richest city and South Africa’s commercial nerve center, glass skyscrapers in Sandton gleam just a few miles from the informal settlements of Alexandra. These spatial juxtapositions symbolize a more profound economic truth: while democracy may have transformed political rule since the end of apartheid, economic apartheid lingers in concrete …
