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Nduduzo Makhathini is not playing alone
A MYTH WE CHOOSE

Nduduzo Makhathini is not playing alone

From John Coltrane’s centenary to the O2 Arena with Black Coffee, Nduduzo Makhathini’s recent world tour was a masterclass in the cyclical, intergenerational nature of black music

  • Kibo Ngowi
11 min read
Ethiopia puts paid to Western perceptions that African people lack history and are incapable of poetry, philosophy and science. Photo: File
AFRICAN HISTORY

Ali Mazrui’s view on how Ethiopia solves the West’s ‘puzzle’ about Africa

Ethiopia puts paid to Western perceptions that African people lack history and are incapable of poetry, philosophy and science

  • Seifudein Adem
8 min read
ACADEMIC TRANSFORMATION

Making Knowledge African: Suren Pillay and the struggle to decolonise the university

A timely call to rethink how African history and knowledge can reclaim space in global narratives

  • Ahmet Sait Akcay
4 min read