Howard W. French is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and a longtime foreign correspondent. His latest book is Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War.
Indian National Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge (center) and members of parliament of various opposition parties take part in a protest march against the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case in New Delhi on March 24.
Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu (R) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu (L) look on during the presentation of the certificate of return to the president-elect by the INEC in Abuja on March 1.
Rickshaws drive past a campaign billboard for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and other party candidates along a road in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, on Feb. 8.
A girl walks in front of electoral posters in support of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party at Ribadu Square, Jimeta, Adamawa State, Nigeria where the PDP is set to hold a rally, on February 14, 2019.
A picture of China's President Xi Jinping with a face mask is displayed as people visit an exhibition about China's fight against Covid in Wuhan on Jan. 15, 2021.
