Several campaigns have been waged against statues linked to Africa’s colonial past. Rodger Bosch/Getty Images March 12, 2024 Colonial statues in Africa have been removed, returned and torn down again – why it’s such a complex history Sophia Labadi, University of Kent The fate of several colonial statues in Africa continues to be a subject of controversy.
Hage Gottfried Geingob, President of Namibia. Photo by Hannah McKay - Pool/Getty Images March 16, 2022 Namibia badly needs refurbishment after 32 years under the ruling party Henning Melber, University of Pretoria With a growing number of younger Namibian voters born after independence, the struggle narrative became increasingly anachronistic.
Samora Machel, Mozambique’s founding president. Sahm Doherty/Getty Images July 18, 2021 How Frelimo betrayed Samora Machel’s dream of a free Mozambique David Matsinhe, Carleton University Frelimo, which governs Mozambique, has squandered the enormous political capital it enjoyed at independence. It now remains in power through violence, intimidation, harassment, and threats.