Africa Works

I’ve started writing a column for Andrew Mwenda’s snappy and insightful newsweekly, the Independent, of Kampala, Uganda. Mwenda is a brave and talented journalist — and committed to his country and intelligent journalism alike. In the weeks ahead I hope to publish views and reportage that draws on my research in Africa and my thinking about U.S.-Africa relations. Barack Obama provides a focal point, but not a boundary for this new writing, as my first blast suggests.