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One of the roles of an African university is to produce critical and democratic thinkers. Vieriu Adrian/Getty Images

October 18, 2023

Colonialism shaped modern universities in Africa – how they can become truly African

Saleem Badat, University of the Free State

The African university cannot be created through changing the intellectual lens and basis alone. Political action is key.

Sinclair Daniel plays Nella in ‘The Other Black Girl’, a horror-satire about the dangers of Black women’s hair care products — something this week’s podcast guest knows a lot about. (Wilfred Harwood/Hulu)

October 12, 2023

Detangling the roots and health risks of hair relaxers

Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation and Dannielle Piper, The Conversation

In this episode, Cheryl Thompson, author of ‘Beauty in a Box,’ untangles the roots of hair relaxers for Black women and discusses their potential health dangers and resulting hundreds of lawsuits.

Traditional courts don’t reflect indigenous ways of dispute resolution. Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

September 22, 2022

South Africa has a new traditional courts bill. But it doesn’t protect indigenous practices

Anthony Diala, University of the Western Cape

South African legislators are steadily moulding indigenous laws into the image of western laws.

Pakistani religious groups protest against a Supreme Court decision that acquitted Asia Bibi, who was accused of blasphemy, in Islamabad, Pakistan. AP Photo/B.K. Bangash

November 8, 2018

Blasphemy law is repealed in Ireland, enforced in Pakistan – and a problem in many Christian and Muslim countries

Steve Pinkerton, Case Western Reserve University

There has been outrage over the release of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. An expert explains how blasphemy laws are hardly obsolete throughout the West.

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