Senekal shows us that we must make a stand against the loud voice of the populist EFF and racist rightwingers
Women photographers, and black African women photographers in particular, are largely absent from early histories of the medium. This is slowly changing
Approval of the River Club development in Cape Town is reminiscent of those bulldozing spatial planners of apartheid
In this extract from The Broken River Tent, by Mphuthumi Ntabeni, the protagonist, Phila, makes a fiery courtroom speech
COMMENT: As the US and China battle for global domination, Africa must stand firm, charting its own course
The protests that have taken place in the United States confront the racialised edifice that built the modern world
Congolese photographer Sammy Baloji’s Essay on Urban Planning interrogates the links between colonialism, extractive practices and environmental catastrophes in Urban Africa
These schools, to varying degrees, have an intense attachment to the values of authority and obedience — it is an attachment which numbs critical thought
Although Africans must continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement, there is also the need for them to raise their voices against injustices in other African countries
Near Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in the village of Salem is a cricket pitch that is said to be the oldest in the country. Watered by blood and trauma, rolled with frontier nostalgia and contemporary paranoia, how does it play?
A frontier dispute between the two Asian giants turned deadly for the first time in 45 years. Observers argue the skirmish was exacerbated by Delhi’s annexation of Kashmir and Ladakh
Africans can lead the charge to decolonise the profit-driven biomedical system by challenging European and American claims to prioritised access to the Covid-19 vaccine
White supremacy must be held to account if systemic anti-blackness is to be rooted out of society
Few black thinkers and creatives in the United States seem able to grapple with the implications of their Americocentrism in relation to Africa
This week, the Black People’s National Crisis Committee (BPNCC) said it would intensify protest if activists are not listened to.
Kenya has a long history of policing with excessive force, often resulting in unnecessary deaths. Recently at least six people died from police violence during the first 10 days of a dusk-to-dawn curfew. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Douglas Kivoi, an expert on police reform and policy, to shed light on the situation. […]
Without an accurate understanding of the dilemmas which overwhelm us, our efforts to produce effective and far-reaching strategies or solutions for change will fail
Nelson Mandela University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are collaborating to realise Madiba’s dream of building a new society
Renewable energy funding from the North must take local ownership and participation seriously
The guitarist is growing into his groove, with a new concept album launching soon
Fortunately for us, survival is in our DNA. Let’s use that to greet worldwide crises
Decolonising museums requires more than knowledge exchange and lending back stolen artefacts
The unstable pathway many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements
How else can we view the breathless coverage that has shadowed the royals since they arrived in Cape Town?
Politicians must desist from blaming the actions of the former oppressor for their own decisions
The world should be wary of creeping autocratisation, even in democratic countries
By labelling China as a colonial threat, Zambian historian Sishuwa Sishuwa is helping its enemies
A documentary film takes Fanon’s ideas out of the past and tracks the ways in which his ideas are resonating with today’s young across the globe
Two academic articles raise questions about the inherent racism and sexism in scientific methodologies and research ethics
Given the inherent benefits all white people enjoy, they have an obligation to actively tackle injustice
The justification of the refusal to repatriate artworks and artefacts to their homelands constitute the old practice of infantilising African nations
No matter the future for the Steyn statue, the university’s process has already reaped rewards