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The fate of several colonial statues in Africa continues to be a subject of controversy.
The erasure of indigenous people living in Windhoek before the German colonisers arrived has angered activists.
From Lovecraft Country to Black Panther to a statue in Benin, the “amazons” of Dahomey continue to trend in global popular culture.
The unity between Zimbabwe’s two main ethnic groups is so fragile that even an inspirational street mural can expose it.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Nancy and Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Associate in Art History, Rice University
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Professor of Heritage, University of Kent
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Junior research fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town
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Lecturer Department of African Studies and Linguistics, University of Cape Town
