Both South Africa’s courts and its legislature have failed to do their bit in creating a culturally diverse society.
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Khanya College’s curriculum was quite different from the one taught at other universities of the time. Its students studied oral African literature and history alongside Western literature.
It’s important to shift educational discourse in and around Africa in a more equitable, representative direction.
A global approach to African history complements the radical post-colonial histories, while also asserting the role of the continent in the world’s global pasts and present.
To get Nelson Mandela released and save Namibia’s independence elections, Thatcher proposed a massive aid programme.
Even ‘madmen’ have their motives for fighting.
A brave foreign policy changed history in Angola and South Africa.
More than two decades after apartheid ended, South African universities still tend to offer a view of the country and continent that is rooted in colonial and apartheid thinking.
Fire has been viewed as the main protagonist in creating Africa’s iconic savannas. However, new research shows that browsing animals created savannas millions of years before fire became important.
Knowledge is power. If you own it, you can control those without it. Since so much knowledge about Africa doesn’t sit on the continent, it’s apparent that Africa lacks power in this regard.
African Studies remains a colonised space rife with misrepresentation, homogenisation and essentialising about Africa.
Modern techniques such as CT scanning and ancient DNA analysis have allowed scientists to discover a great deal about a mummy found in a shallow grave in Botswana.
Why are African baobab trees found in India? Genetic research is starting to shed light on the answer.
Vocational training is regarded as “low status” in South Africa. Much of the negativity around technical and vocational work seems to lie in the country’s history.
Cape Town’s screening of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival provides a platform for debate, and shows how documentary films clarify and complicate the answers.
The Portuguese slave ship São José, which sank off Cape Town, was one of many vessels that either rounded the Cape or pulled into Table Bay for refreshment during the Transatlantic slave trade.
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Junior research fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor & Principal Fellow, School of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Charles Warren Professor of History, Harvard University
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Professor of Heritage, University of Kent
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Emeritus Professor of Private Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor; Head of the School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor, University of Basel
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Education and Ombudsman, University of South Africa
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Durban University of Technology
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Textile and Fashion Theory Lecturer LISOF, Tshwane University of Technology
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Lecturer, CSIRO joint appointment, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
