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The Economic Freedom Fighters marked its 10th anniversary at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on 29 July 2023. Guillem Sartorio/AFP via Getty Images

Economic Freedom Fighters became South Africa’s third largest political party in just 10 years. What’s behind its electoral success

Opinions differ widely about the true character of the EFF and what it really stands for since it gained seats in parliament in 2014.
Fanon was among the early exponents of decolonisation. Tony Webster/ Minneapolis Police Department. Wikimedia

Remembering Frantz Fanon – six great reads

Fanon left a remarkable imprint, his views influencing many in the field of mental illness as well as pan-Africanist and anti-colonialism thinkers.
Former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Thabo Mbeki share a light moment at a meeting of the G8 and developing nations in Tokyo in 2000. EFE-EPA/Michel Euler

Mbeki and Obasanjo: case studies in the use of soft power in Africa’s interests

Former presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki have arguably made the most important contribution to Africa in the 21st Century by promoting peace, democracy, regional integration and pan-Africanism.
Frantz Fanon lectured about fundamental resistance at the University of Tunis in 1959 and 1960. Frantz fanon pjw productions

Fanon and the politics of truth and lying in a colonial society

Fanon found in Algeria that what the colonial law courts considered a failure of integration by mental patients was in fact an elemental resistance to European rule.
Bob Marley is still reggae’s most iconic figure, 35 years after his death at the age of 36. Flickr

An open letter to Bob Marley: it’s time to create reggae dialogues

More than three decades after his death reggae icon Bob Marley’s music remains meaningful. It still has the potential to catalyse conversation not often had in the postcolonial world.

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