Category: African Leadership Academy
When education stopped making sense
In late September 2025, young people began gathering in the streets of Rabat, Oujda, Casablanca, Agadir and other Moroccan cities. […]
February 19, 2026
Does facing your own death give you a new lease on life?
When I was a one-year-old baby, my mother and my three-year-old brother Freddy and I were traveling to Bunia, a […]
February 13, 2026
Should generosity require reciprocity?
My mother’s family lived between two places in Kenya: the newly emerging city of Nairobi and the rural county of […]
February 12, 2026
Weighing the good and bad of technology
The roast chicken is getting cold, but the temperature in the dining room is rising. It isn’t the oven’s fault; […]
February 10, 2026
Tanzanian parents struggle with misconceptions of autism
The nurse hands the newborn child to his mother, Jamila, who smiles down at him, mesmerized by the tiny being […]
January 9, 2026
The winners are …
A story about pollution caused when fires destroy cars and devices that are supposed to be ecological took first prize […]
December 9, 2025
When will we listen to what young people say?
Imagine adding your thoughts to a conversation, only to have them dismissed by the group — and not because of […]
December 4, 2025