With a sampling of insightful articles from the first five issues of Nokoko , journal of the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, the book brings together pieces that the journal’s editorial board felt were particularly perspicacious in their analysis and resonant in their crafting. Uniting them in this book permits a new dialogue to emerge around the key themes of cultural politics, political economies and grammars of protest. Their intersection here sheds light on important issues for Africans in the twenty-first century.