The armed gangs of Haiti have a very clear assessment of their power as movers and shakers of the country’s future.
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The political skill to turn situations to his advantage, rather than any ability to mobilise people, made Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.
Dos Santos died as he had lived and governed: in silence. His silence, and what he accomplished with it, is his most enduring legacy.
Domestic and geopolitical factors mean that the Ethiopian conflict has enough fuel to burn for some time.
A year later, it’s clear that the dance promotes a conscious concept of Africanity – sowing feelings of tolerance and contentment that have conquered international audiences.
A new book explains the manifestations of the oil curse in Nigeria and Angola since independence.
During the coronavirus pandemic the Jerusalema dance challenge enacted a way for communities to connect - repetitive enough to be picked up and varied enough to tease.
No other photographer in southern Africa has documented war in the way that John Liebenberg did. He captured the life and the conflict of both sides in his body of work.
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg
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