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Mayor Mamdani as an American African

Explore the evolving meaning of African identity in the 21st century, moving beyond geographical boundaries to encompass a global inheritance. This article delves into the…

US President Donald Trump. (File photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The seven manifestations of Trumpism

To counter its destructiveness, we must apply an ethics of shared vulnerability that fosters a new and fairer global order

The role of capitalism in the war in Ukraine

Ukraine, per se, is not the issue. It is tragically a war-ravaged pawn in a much larger conflict: the decline of one capitalist empire and the rise of yet another.

KALAHARI DESERT, NAMIBIA, TSUNKWE, NAMIBIA – 2015/11/14: Group of women from the San tribe playing a game in which they dance in circles with their legs banded together in a remote village from the Kalahari desert. (Photo by Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Reimagining an empowered Africa

Retrieving indigenous knowledge through storytelling and exploring transdisciplinary visioning in Africa will enable new way of thinking about sustainable futures

World leaders: Global recovery requires multilateral cooperation

Addressing the Covid-19 health and economic crisis requires international relations based on cooperation, the rule of law, collective action and shared principles

(John McCann/M&G)

A new Cold War is coming. Africa should not pick sides

COMMENT: As the US and China battle for global domination, Africa must stand firm, charting its own course

Torchbearers: Demonstrators in Argentina earlier this year. The country has been gripped by an economic crisis and has imposed capital controls to mitigate declines in its currency. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

The ills of financial globalisation

The influx of foreign capital into emerging markets can create a boom-bust cycle

Mosiuoa Lekota was remembered as a towering figure of South Africa’s liberation struggle

Long live globalisation

Though belief in globalism may be dead, globalisation is alive and well

It is now widely acknowledged that taxing multinational firms based on “where value is created” encourages massive — and legal — tax avoidance. (Dale de la Rey/AFP)

China on charm offensive at World Economic Forum

Beijing’s deficit of ‘soft power’ – foreign policy and political values – limits its rise to global power

(Gemma Ritchie/M&G)

Gordhan: Globalisation widens income gap, policy must counter inequality

The former finance minister said new forms of social safety nets are needed to reduce the socioeconomic divides in countries such as South Africa.

​Bigots like Donald Trump and Herman Mashaba fuel hatred

Immigrants, illegal of not, will continue to traverse the globe in search of a better life

Billionaire tycoon Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal

​Globalisation is ticking along and it’s best not to mess with it

"Information flows (internet traffic and phone calls, mainly) have exploded but trade and capital flows are still below their prerecession peaks."

The G20 leaders could learn a thing or two from the rapidly rising marijuana movement

Burning global issues need to be tackled slowly and methodically, one joint at a time

Connected? The hooked-on-social-media-world inhibits spontaneous conversation

Recalling anti-racism

Can the anti-racist struggle keep up with racism’s capacity to reinvent itself again and again? Yes – we can "recall" anti-racism and adjust it.

Creole: The original language

Françoise Lionnet, an authority on languages and literature in the Indian Ocean islands, about her work on creolisation, globalisation and culture.