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Leathermen expose the myth of hypermasculinity by refusing the violence and aggression which is normally attached to it.
Cultural icons like Achebe, Fela and Saro-Wiwa were among those who highlighted Nigeria’s failings.
For those who still consider memes like the #10yearchallenge as harmless and innocent information sharing perhaps it’s time to reconsider.
A consideration of Cuban poet Nancy Morejón’s engagement with Keorapetse Kgositsile and her visits to South Africa – shed new light on her poetic practice.
Making sport accessible to ordinary people can be achieved if communities take control of their organisations.
Realism and addressing pressing contemporary South African societal issues have been the focus of local opera since 1995.
Proverbs are generally regarded as repositories of folk wisdom and are used widely in African settings.
The intertwining of the market, state and society has continued to see itself expressed through music in the DRC.
Oliver Mtukudzi has left the world his greatest prized possession – the gift of song.
Controversy around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues in death as it did in life.
Hugh Lewin is best known for two books that arose from his early involvement in the anti-apartheid underground.
A decolonising curriculum would consider ways in which writers negotiate linguistic, literary and cultural legacies of the colonial era.
Sarah Baartman’s name can be elevated to the highest point of the University of Cape Town’s campus, but if her legacy isn’t built into each classroom and interaction the honour is hollow.
A small community of Afrikaners has been living in Argentina since the early 1900s. Linguistic research has found they’re like a time capsule, reflecting pronunciation and syntax from an earlier era.
Big investors seem to be mainly interested in Nollywood’s already established popularity with African audiences.
Theatre, offers an experiential engagement with daily acts of placemaking.
Two new books about Zimbabwe deal with the coup in November 2017. But the country’s treasures haven’t been dug up yet.
Christian leaders played a very significant role in fighting apartheid. One of them, Peter Storey, tells in his autobiography what shaped his convictions.
Cameroon being stripped off hosting the Africa Cup of Nations affects its international reputation and is likely to impact the economy.
The Otobo remains an ancient symbol of democracy; it almost certainly helped to shape Nigeria’s modern democracy in some ways.
The Algerian revolution had a profound effect on both Mandela and Fanon’s thinking about colonisation, oppression and freedom.
Twenty years after the final report of South Africa’s Truth Commission, dealing with the past will always remain “unfinished business”.
Archaeological research at Christiansborg Castle in Ghana has provided an in-depth understanding of Danish, Ga and Danish-Ga lived experiences during the eighteenth century transatlantic slave trade.
In Terry Kurgan’s book family history, however tortuous, is subsumed into a greater history of the greatest atrocity.