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TV series ‘Let the World See’ a vital Mississippi story the world must hear
A new television series looks at the life and death of Emmet Till in the 1950s and the bravery of his mother
Nthikeng Mohlele comes up short with ‘The Discovery of Love’
The talented novelist Nthikeng Mohlele’s debut short-story collection lacks the vitality that makes short stories magical
Khaya Koko: John Steenhuisen, please take a knee
The Democratic Alliance leader rebuking cricketer Quinton de Kock would be this election season’s greatest triumph
Wild seed, wild solace: Moonga K finds his footing
Born in Zambia and raised in Botswana, the songwriter’s career is coming into full bloom in South Africa
Pass Over: Waiting for nothing less than a shift
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu’s response to Waiting for Godot is a crystal-clear directive: stop killing us
Album review: ‘Indaba Is’, a rite of remembrance
The collaborative album Indaba Is, facilitated by Siyabonga Mthembu and Thandi Ntuli, is greater than the sum of its parts
Catholic NGO boss accused of racism and abuse in Sudan
The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’
Canary in the coalmine: How Christopher Dorner keeps showing up in protest music
Musicians break genre boundaries and, through the lyrics about the Los Angeles police officer who killed cops, express black anger
More than a game: NBA players in wildcat strike to protest racial injustice
In 1961, Bill Russell led his fellow Boston Celtics in refusing to play in an NBA game in protest of systemic racism. It happened again on Wednesday.
The mechanism of contagion in racism
How race came to function as fuel to an exploitative economic system. Take the case of South Africa…
The new ‘invisible enemy’
Anti-racism and political contagion from Save Darfur to Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter: The South African economy’s unfinished business
Tshegofatso Mathe spoke to people in the South African business world about structural racism in our economy, and what must be done to overcome it
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