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A glimpse into the life of Mansa Musa, the richest human of all time
Africa
/ 29 August 2022

A glimpse into the life of Mansa Musa, the richest human of all time

Mansa Musa ruled Mali when it was the world’s gold hub, travelled and invested in religion and education, but remains a mystery

By Luke Feltham
Excavating the role of Africans in the creation of the modern world
Africa
/ 23 October 2021

Excavating the role of Africans in the creation of the modern world

Europe would have been a marginal player in world history without the continent’s natural resources and centuries of cheap African labour

By Anakwa Dwamena
Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back
Opinion
/ 19 May 2021

Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back

In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here

By Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
The monarchy must confront its colonial, racist past
Opinion
/ 14 March 2021

The monarchy must confront its colonial, racist past

The royals and Britons have benefited from living in a country built on empire, trade and slavery.

By Benjamin Jones
The landscape of meaning: mechanism and memory in depictions of disaster
Friday
/ 13 August 2020

The landscape of meaning: mechanism and memory in depictions of disaster

‘There Are Mechanisms in Place’ posits that the all-encompassing physicality of the landscape does not reference an ‘abstract’ danger, but one that is created by both nature and human design

By Amie Soudien

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