We need to dismantle the unequal systems we have upheld in Africa. Divesting from missionary tours is a good place to start
Responses to terrible inequality, climate change and the Covid-19 economic crisis will decide this
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
In this memoir, the first Somali-American woman elected to the US Congress describes how she got there
The relationship between science and ethics is inextricable and a study that does not consider the latter in its design cannot be supported
We condemn the killing of a black Americans, yet women, African foreigners and queer people are regularly abused and killed in SA
In South Africa, police brutality and violence affect black, working- class lives in particular. We must dismantle this systemic oppression
The police brutality protests through the eyes of an African in Brooklyn, New York
The protests are rooted not in the pandemic, but in centuries of discrimination
The protests sweeping the United States after the latest police killing of a black man again speak to the ability of images to evoke powerful emotional responses
To end racism, we will have to change the structures from which it draws its mandate, and get rid of liberal and right-wing politicians who give it oxygen while we are being asphyxiated
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story premiered on the Paramount Network and BET on Monday, a docu-series bankrolled in part by rap mogul Jay Z
The album came out late on Saturday exclusively on Jay-Z’s fledgling Tidal streaming service
Black lives in Brazil are devalued and subject to violence on a horrific scale
Black Lives Matter is an activist organisation set up in the United States to campaign against violence and racism against black people
Erica Garner, a prominent activist against police brutality has died after suffering a heart attack
By blackballing Colin Kaepernick, NFL owners are telling all black athletes to stay silent and subservient.
The demands of black people in 2017 remain the same as one of the signs raised to the sky on that July afternoon in 1917: “Give me a chance to live.”
Ngugi wa Thiong’o says that reclaiming African languages lies at the heart of decolonisation, but it’s not enough
With personal freedoms under attack across Africa, ordinary citizens must defend our rights
And the confusion this can cause presents real and urgent dangers to the SA body politic.
There is not a significant amount of empirical research data that shows the link between violent protest and emotional trauma.
A state of emergency was declared after second night of unrest as protests flared after yet another police officer shot and killed a black man.
The movement was formed after the founding of Black Lives Matter and is understood to have strong links to white supremacist groups in the US.