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Nigeria’s Afrobeats stars love to identify with Fela’s activism and music - but their tributes are becoming opportunistic and empty.
Album artwork for Mount Ninji And Da Nice Time Kid.
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Controversial South African band Die Antwoord illustrates the power relations that make cultural appropriation and blackface so damaging.
Amirr (centre) parades though his village ahead of the imbalu circumcision ritual. Imbalu begins with dance and music, as initiates visit relatives and friends to receive gifts.
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The ritual site becomes a communal classroom where songs and dances teach history, impart values and preserve cultural identity.
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This movie is absolutely worth seeing. But it’s best viewed with the awareness of its significant alterations of history.
Tracey Rose ahead of her mid-career retrospective in Cape Town.
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A major exhibition in Cape Town revealed the unique brew that characterises the work of this politically charged feminist artist.
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The South African comedian has brought clarity and fresh perspectives to often emotionally charged political issues.
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Parental alienation is a recurring problem that affects many families who are experiencing high conflict, separation and divorce.
Protesters and police clash during a march against illegal immigrants in South Africa.
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Scapegoating immigrants will not result in significantly improved healthcare service provision, reduced crime or less unemployment.
Chief Aùtshumao! Francisco MacKenzie (front) protests the Amazon headquarters development in Cape Town.
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The British empire brought the practice of commons enclosure to Africa to claim land. Its effects continue today at sites like the Liesbeek River in Cape Town.
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The study analysed the content of six news outlets from 1994 to 2014, looking at how core socio-economic issues were reported.
Odunlade Adekola stars in Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman.
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Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman, is a film of a play by author and activist Wole Soyinka. It premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.
National hero Ally Mbwana Samatta is the first Tanzanian to feature in the English Premier League.
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The lack of a system to support youth development is just one reason why Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda have produced few top footballers.
Action flick Wolf Warrior II is one of China’s most commercially successful films ever.
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China is seen as Africa’s saviour and friend in the film - which is still full of racist stereotypes.
Serena Williams celebrates a win at her final professional tournament, the 2022 US Open.
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She blazed a trail for Black women athletes – despite the challenges they face in sport and society.
A protest against human trafficking in Lagos.
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Human trafficking has become a global concern. Nigeria’s efforts at reintegrating survivors into society have been largely unsuccessful.
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Activists and scholars must rethink their neglect of male victims if South Africa is to better understand and resist sexual violence.
Ugandan President Idi Amin gestures during a speech in 1973.
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The inhumanity of Idi Amin’s ‘economic war’ was about much more than the expulsion of Asians.
Detail from the cover of Isambulo by saxophonist and composer Linda Sikhakhane.
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Zulu spirituality and the legacy of the ancestors, personal and musical, are the concerns of the saxophonist and composer.
Zouhair El Moutaraji celebrates Morocco’s Wydad AC winning at the Caf Champions League in 2022.
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The Africa Super League brings big money but a logistical nightmare and a missed opportunity for commercial club development.
Burna Boy promotes his new album Love, Damini in the US.
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With his new album Love, Damini he has conquered the world. But how much of his creative soul does he have left?
The new home of the Mapungubwe Archive.
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The Mapungubwe site offers evidence of precolonial innovation and technology.
Kenyan-born Lonah Chemtai Salpeter won marathon bronze for Israel at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
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The decline in Kenyan medals at the world championships is due to increased competition and a lack of investment at home.
Some women in Nigeria knowingly or unknowingly contribute to patriarchy.
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The Chrisland Schools incident shows how the media allows males to get away with actions that females cannot.
Beyoncé on stage in South Africa in 2018. Her new album is called Renaissance.
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With Renaissance, Beyoncé is again shaping pop culture, honouring black disco pioneers and Africa’s rise.
Women wait for food distribution to commence at the Government Girls Secondary School IDP camp in Monguno, Nigeria.
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Sexual violence against women and girls in Nigeria’s northeastern region persists because of the Nigerian government’s lax response to cases of sexual offences.