Subscribe
Subscribe

Latest articles on Archives

Extract from ‘The Journey’: Responses to the archive

Friday -
This sequence of texts was written in response to various photographs of Nigeria made between 1920 and 1929 that form part of the Colonial Office photographic collection
Read more

Maaza Mengiste: ‘We are now catching up with the past’

Friday -
As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Read more

Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary

Friday -
Saho’s Omar Badsha believes in the power of people telling their own stories, but more funding to support this practice is crucial
Read more

Meet the founder of Accra’s one-woman library

Friday -
Sylvia Arthur founded the Library for Africa and the African Diaspora to house her collection and share it with other readers
Read more

Reproducing Festac ’77: A secret among a family of millions

Friday -
An interview with Chimurenga founder Ntone Edjabe about his latest project
Read more

Mandela archive as a living system

Article -
The existing Mandela biographies don't tell the whole story
Read more

Department fails to protect archives and democracy

Article -
The archival system is in trouble. To think that we can have a well-ordered land reform process is unrealistic.
Read more

How to keep SA’s literary treasures in the country

Article -
If public institutions are to be trusted, they have to fight to defend their holdings, but preserving our literary archives is complicated.
Read more

vital information

The Mail & Guardian’s essential coverage of the ongoing coronavirus crisis is free to read for everyone.

If you would like to support us, please consider taking out a subscription.

Latest

Don’t be deceived: Covid-19 vaccines are not for sale

Eunice Stoltz
Police warn against fake Covid-19 vaccines and urge the public to report any criminal activities

Zondo deplores ‘attempted killing’ of state capture witness who implicated Molefe

emsie ferreira
The deputy chief justice says an attack on one witness may deter many others from giving evidence

State’s failure to act leaves Mpumalanga community at land grabbers’ mercy

Lucas Ledwaba
Mpumalanga land claimants have been failed by state organs, whose officials are not helping them to remove land invaders, despite a court order

Press Releases

For all the latest information and advice from the Department of Health relating to Covid-19, please visit sacoronavirus.co.za

 
IAB SA Blow The Whistle

Contact Us

Story Tip-offs

Legal

Ethics & Social Media Policy

About Us

Corrections And Clarifications

Advertising

Subscriptions

Mail & Guardian Jobs

Find property for sale

We value your feedback

Subscriber login FAQ

All material © Mail & Guardian Online. Material may not be published or reproduced in any form without prior written permission.