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President Cyril Ramaphosa had the upper hand in the Oval office meeting, but US President Donal Trump does not have the emotional intelligence to recognise this.

Trump exposed white fragility during his theatrics in the Oval Office

Cyril Ramaposa showed the world that turning the other cheek does work, but Trump does not have the emotional intelligence to recognise this

The March on Washington on 28 August 1963 agitated for civil and economic rights for African Americans. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

Malcolm X at 100: Our shining prince

As he developed his philosophy he moved from racial nationalism to humanism that embraced the struggle of all oppressed people.

Portrait of Malcolm X (Still from Who Killed Malcolm X)
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Too little too late for Malcolm

Doccie Who Killed Malcolm X? has led to a belated reopening of his murder investigation

Loving: Nola Darling paints in her brownstone studio. Photos: David Lee/Netflix

Spike Lee revives Nola Darling in a TV joint that hits and misses

The director has recast his signature film and its characters for a new generation

Voice of reason: Raoul Peck’s documentary ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ is a portrait of author James Baldwin and his place in race politics and resistance in the turbulent 1960s in the US.

Black, white and Baldwin: I Am Not Your Negro review

Put together from notes, video clips and interviews, the new film narrates America and its dynamics

Voice of reason: Raoul Peck’s documentary ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ is a portrait of author James Baldwin and his place in race politics and resistance in the turbulent 1960s in the US. (Ralph Gatti, AFP)

Baldwin a witness to history

Put together from notes, video clips and interviews, the new film narrates America and its dynamics

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Khaya Dlanga: Labels that divide

South Africans still like to classify each other. But labels are the name of the blame game, and all they do is divide us further, writes Khaya Dlanga

Posthumous honours

Posthumous honours

That a book about his life has just won a Pulitzer is surely proof that Malcolm X’s redemption in mainstream America is near complete.