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Legal, political, and economic affairs across Africa — written from between two worlds.
Why This Exists
The Continental Docket is a legal commentary publication with a pan-African reach, anchored in Ghana and Malawi. We write about the systems that shape the continent — the law, the economics, and the politics — and how they collide with the lives of the people living under them.
We write from between two worlds: African by heritage and identity, training in the English legal tradition. That distance is the lens. It lets us read African legal systems with the rigour of the tradition we study, and read the Western tradition with the scepticism of the histories we come from.
What We Cover
Emerging markets and policy across Africa. Country deep dives into Ghana and Malawi — land, trade, currency, and the courts. High-stakes cases in the international legal world and what they mean for the continent. The firms and institutions moving African markets. And equitable justice: access to law, NGO accountability, and the structural hurdles between citizens and their rights.
The People Behind It
Princela Kodom
Ghana · Penultimate-Year Law, University of Kent
Of Ghanaian heritage, born in Italy, now studying law in the UK — three legal traditions before graduating from one. An aspiring solicitor writing on competition law, property law, and economic policy in Africa’s emerging markets, with Ghana as home ground.
Ntandose Nkhoma
Malawi · Penultimate-Year Law, University of Kent
Malawian, of proud Ngoni heritage, now training toward corporate law in the UK. Writes on the Malawian legal and economic landscape — customary law, colonial legal legacies, and the modern battles over debt, trade, and justice that decide what independence actually means.
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