South African lawyer Bram Fischer has been idealised in a post-1994 context. He was raised in a position of privilege, but he used it to defy the injustice of the society that raised him.
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Individual relationships between China and particular African countries differ a great deal.
Political books touches a certain chord in South African society that makes them bestsellers.
A new donation of artists’ books to a South African art gallery constitutes one of the largest exhibitions of artists’ books held globally.
Speculative writers flesh out our passing thoughts into complete, functioning societies and explore how they might unfold.
Fifty years after the founding of South African Students’ Organisation this anti-apartheid movement remains a model for student activists.
Songs provided motivation and guidance to protesters in Sudan during their uprising against Omar al-Bashir.
Rock artist Nick Cave finds poetry in the darkness - his song “Jubilee Street” is an example.
Graffiti contributes to place-making by creating meaningful or identifiable spaces.
The book, Marxism and Freedom was written in 1958. Yet, it remains relevant today.
Stories about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been evolving as descent narratives telling about journeys through hell.
To help establish South Africa’s gaming industry as a viable career path for more diverse participants, more support for the technical training required has to be considered.
Although many years have passed, the Rwandan genocide still has much to teach us about the centrality of media in cases of state violence.
Curator Okwui Enwezor, who has died aged 55, will be remembered for the hugely generative legacy of everything he has achieved.
The lack of in-depth coverage of the southern African floods tell a grim picture of the state of South Africa’s newsrooms.
Fespaco, Africa’s premier film festival, celebrated its 50th anniversary in Burkina Faso. For African cinema to survive, it must adapt to today’s audiences and forms of distraction.
Ethiopia is a storytelling nation in which Emperor Tewodros has a special place.
South Africans are facing abuse at the hands of charlatan religious leaders.
Although American preacher John G Lake left South Africa in 1913, many shiny-suited pastors are keeping his religious tactics alive today.
Contrary to the colonial view, Bushmen of southern Africa had a complex and meaningful practice of dress.
A progressive Afrikaans newspaper will be relaunched soon. But Vrye Weekblad can’t trade on its history alone. It will need to consider the challenges of the present and the future.
Songstress Dorothy Masuku once told South Africa’s public broadcaster that music was like breathing for her.
A Kenyan film director sued her country’s film board and won. Local artists should follow suit and fight censorship.
Prosperity gospel in South Africa is in the news for all the wrong reasons. But for its followers, it’s not a con, just a different approach to God.
Leaders go in and out of fashion, making statues built in their memory a tricky issue.