Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
colonial historylatest news & developments
Polished: The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro remains one of Côte d’Ivoire’s most recognisable architectural landmarks. the town’s deep cultural and historical significance. Photo: Wendy Mosetlhi
ABIDJAN

Côte d’Ivoire is more than a stopover. It’s a story you travel through

A seven-day journey across Côte d’Ivoire reveals cocoa towns, coastal escapes, living history and cultural traditions carried carefully across generations

  • Wendy Mosetlhi
6 min read
Shared space of faith: The entrance to the Abrahamic Family House. Photo: Kibo Ngowi
ABRAHAMIC FAMILY HOUSE

The Abrahamic Family House and the fragility of coexistence

In Abu Dhabi, a space built for coexistence raises difficult questions about religion, power and the violence unfolding across the region

  • Kibo Ngowi
5 min read
Maga and Israeli rhetoric thrive on distorting the past with selective tradition and nostalgia, whether it is the myth of a “Great America”, that never existed for many, or the claim to land by Israel, without acknowledging the historical complexity of the colonial history in Palestine. (File image)
APARTHEID COMPARISONS

History and reality: Why people are susceptible to Maga and Israeli propaganda

Mass education in historical thinking is needed to help people to detect and resist propaganda.

  • Ncebakazi Makwetu
10 min read
Alex Appolis and a work from A Neo-Arcadian Tale: BLACK Pan in South Africa’s Pastoral Romance, on at the Wits Art Museum. (Photos by Zanele S. Maduma)
ALEXANDER APPOLIS

Alexander Appolis on space, race and the pastoral imagination

Artist uses nature and cryptic visions in his paintings to highlight South Africa’s racial and spatial history

  • Zanele S. Maduma
5 min read
AFRICAN GOTHIC

African gothic reclaimed with a story of seers

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s novel is a profound exploration of power, memory and the cost of knowledge

  • Rodney Ghobril
6 min read