Legal practitioners across Africa have for years debated the need to abolish colonial-era court attire, including the use of wigs and robes, as part of efforts to transform their judicial systems.

Although this tradition might seem as ancient as the British court itself, wigs didn’t make an appearance in courtroom clothing right up until the 17th century. In fact, if a barrister were to ...

By Femi Falana Between 1983 and 1987, the radical military regime of Captain Thomas Sankara changed the colonial name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso. While the courts bequeathed by the former ...

Malawi’s constitutional court has suspended its requirement that lawyers and judges wear traditional white wigs and black robes in the courtroom as an early season heatwave sweeps the southern ...

Legal practitioners across Africa have for years debated the need to abolish colonial-era court attire, including the use of wigs and robes, as part of efforts to transform their judicial systems. In ...