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The freedom of the press is important, and of course it must be protected. But the freedom of everybody else and of ordinary citizens is also important.
Political and economic power-holders will strive for a return to pre-pandemic ‘normality’.
A study of the late Keorapetse Kgositsile shows how the poet influenced black American culture. It also shows how his mother and his grandmother’s oral traditions in turn influenced him.
An ongoing study shows that storytelling can positively increase self-awareness in young people, especially if they can relate to the stories. But in Africa access to story platforms is limited.
It is a good time to ask how the travel and tourism industry has contributed to racism and how that can change.
A devastating historical exposé of South Africa’s mining industry and the railway system that maximised the exploitation of cheap Mozambican labour.
It’s important to unravel how disability is understood as a step towards improving the well-being of disabled people.
Young black men are often viewed through a criminal lens. A new book based on an 11-year-long study of adolescent men in a South African township upends the stereotypes.
Crime fiction is the second most popular literary genre in Africa after romance. A reading of Kenyan author Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ’s Black Star Nairobi reveals how it has disrupted the genre.
The study of two hospitals was a first for researching the microbiology of the built environment in South Africa – a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how to design healthier buildings.
Despite Nigeria’s draconian laws against homosexuality, authors like the award-winning Akwaekwe Emezi are important new voices that add complexity to the question of identity.
The mental health implications of child marriage on young girls are significant
His single Yeke Yeke was the first African song to pass a million in sales, but it’s meaning was best understood in Guinea, home of the griot and kora star.
In football, a number of African teams draw heavily on their European-born diasporas, a reflection of a colonial past and deeply entrenched migration routes.
Decades into democracy, the country’s top cricketers still come from fewer than 50 elite schools – mostly boys-only schools.
Her sensitive new album is rooted at home in South Africa while at the same time journeying to Mali, where it was recorded and co-produced with Salif Keita.
A group of leading black, queer and feminist academics held a colloquium to reconsider a seminal blackness studies text – offering new ways of thinking about the decolonial project.
How do two artists from different ends of the world get inspired by the pioneer of Afrobeats?
Herri steps into a lacuna in the South African arts and culture publishing landscape and deploys design to add richness to its critical texts.
There aren’t a lot of studies on South Africa’s cultural economy. A new one finds a cluster of creative firms in Cape Town with high levels of innovation.
Without a clear framework within which decisions can be made, heritage resources will forever be threatened by development.
Looking at his brilliant career is looking into Algeria’s relationship with its history and identity, but also questioning what it means to be exiled.
English football has woven itself into the lives of Ghanaian fans with a smart strategy.
Uganda’s COVID-19 task force would do well to embrace pop music in its public health communications.