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Amadou Diallo will never be forgotten
Amadou Diallo, a Guinean man, was killed by NYPD officers 21 years ago. Today protesters still invoke his name as they fight for justice
Part III: Afropessimism and rituals of anti-Black violence
The final part of Zamansele Nsele’s interview with Frank B Wilderson expands on some of the thinking in his latest book, ‘Afropessimism’
Hashtag lessons from the US and South Africa about racism and antiblackness
The #Black Lives Matter, #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall movements show that democracy cannot happen without decolonisation
End voluntourism and the white saviour industrial complex
We need to dismantle the unequal systems we have upheld in Africa. Divesting from missionary tours is a good place to start
Richard Calland: What brave new world awaits us?
Responses to terrible inequality, climate change and the Covid-19 economic crisis will decide this
Part I: ‘Afropessimism’ and the rituals of anti-black violence
Frank B Wilderson discusses 'Afropessimism', his memoir that analyses structural violence
Review: America through Ilhan Omar’s eyes
In this memoir, the first Somali-American woman elected to the US Congress describes how she got there
Rule of law must first be strengthened by people power
Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken
Militarisation, repression and capitalism in the US
A global police state – the military arm for capital interests – marginalises, controls and subjugates millions of people considered surplus humanity
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Young professional gets a career boost from PSETA
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Colgate-Palmolive South Africa donates one million bars of soap
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Absa Rewards puts cash in your pocket
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Municipal audit outcomes reveal public sector financial management must be professionalised
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