The football world cup offers a useful chance to consider the apparent division between North and sub-Saharan Africa.
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The persistence of Sam Nzima’s June 16 photograph is remarkable. The shadow in the photograph can be read as a metaphor for the rich debate that this image continues to bring to the surface.
Can we trust expert football predictions? Perhaps, but it’s variable.
Africa has always promised a great deal in the international showcase but delivered very little at the football world cup.
When Senegal face Poland in their first World Cup match in Russia, the whole nation will be roaring them on to victory.
Video Assistant Referees at the World Cup finals in Russia might help African teams to do better than they have done so far.
Film could benefit China’s soft power. It highlights the country’s deep pockets and potential for wider audience appeal.
The analysis of the Kowie River rehearses the warnings provided by the colonial and post-colonial destruction of culture and nature.
For Ethiopia, there is no connection between the Maqdala war in 1868 and the stolen treasures at Maqdala
Creative hubs and clusters mushroomed in the Asia-Pacific region. South Africa must follow suit or miss the opportunity to grow its creative economy.
Political ethics and sports don’t match well. The recent deal between Rwanda and Arsenal is potentially a case in point.
Race still plays a big part in South African society. Sport is no exception.
Social media presents a powerful platform for creating multiple stories about Africa.
Philip Tabane was unlike any other musician. His music was intimately woven into his cosmology and spirituality.
Fela Kuti’s critically engaging lyrics, and his intense and methodical delivery, provide an important window to exposing students to critical understanding of the global system.
A greater synergy between academics and practitioners is needed to progress hip hop for it to be taken seriously as a core area for study.
Thinking with Karl Marx on his 200th birthday means recognising the importance of thought.
Social psychologist Ignacio Martín-Baró’s work reminds us of the urgency to bring all psychology into the orbit of liberation. Doing so allows a necessarily ambitious conception of liberation.
The protest song “Stimela” remains as much a song about present and future aspirations, as it is of the past.
Society expects journalists to report objectively. But a documentary filmmaker has an opinion.
Boycotting academic, cultural and sports activities in Israel is an essential part, but total avoidance may not be the most useful political strategy.
“What’s Going On” remains relevant today. Even now its plaintive lyrics speak eloquently about a post-9/11 world that’s upside down.
Marginalised Namibians should be encouraged to take up cameras to document their lives – on their own terms.
Explorations of form and sound in jazz are essentially political. They challenge the status quo in society by interrogating categories and barriers.
South African jazz veteran Jonas Gwangwa has been getting recognition for the pivotal role he played in ‘singing down apartheid.’