LGBTIQ+ Angolans share their stories in an oral history project: (from left) David Kanga, Roquiana Gunza, Ema Domingos.
Courtesy Mwana Pwo/GALA Queer Archive
LGBTIQ+ life in Angola can be traced to before colonialism, though it has not been well documented. A recent project brings these stories to life.
A queer performer in Mozambique today.
Courtesy Aghi/Outros Corpos Nossos
From the 1950s to the early 1970s the carnival was a place for queer expression and attracted performers from as far away as Brazil.
The brains behind the popular photography newsletter is Nigerian writer, editor, publisher, and art critic Emmanuel Iduma.
Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images
In less than a year the newsletter has become important and influential, offering a new way of appreciating African photography.
The new home of the Mapungubwe Archive.
University of Pretoria Museums/Mapungubwe Archive
The Mapungubwe site offers evidence of precolonial innovation and technology.
Elizabeth Dlamini at her curio stall in the Ezulwini Valley near Mbabane, eSwatini. The kingdom’s economy is dependent on its larger neightbour, South Africa.
EFE-EPA/John Hrusha
International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.
Members of the Ossewabrandwag on parade during WWII. The then political opposition collaborated with the Germans.
OB Photo Collection/Records, Archives and Museum Division, North-West University
Following the war, the South African authorities were anxious to charge known war criminals, traitors and collaborators. But nothing came of it.
An initiate parades through his village in Mbale, Uganda.
Luke Dray/Getty Images
Sacred sites where rituals are performed by the community should be protected as living archives that house local heritage.