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Slaves cut cane in the Caribbean. The recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations explores slavery around the world.
BLACK LIVES MATTER GLOBAL NETWORK

Global Africa’s quest for reparations for crimes against humanity

This excerpt is from the recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024)

  • Adekeye Adebajo
8 min read
A portrait of Dambudzo Marechera based on a photograph by Ernst Schade. (Painting: Mongezi Ncombo)
DAMBUDZO MARECHERA

Dambudzo Marechera: The biggest tree in the savannah

Dambudzo Marechera continues to nourish Zimbabweans’ cultural lives — and literary tourists from northern climes

  • Percy Zvomuya
28 min read
Protestors hold placards during a demonstration called by the Rhodes Must Fall campaign calling for the removal of the statue of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes outside Oriel College, at the University of Oxford on June 9, 2020. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP)
CECIL JOHN RHODES

Oxford’s position on Rhodes Must Fall is bad politics — and even worse history

It is misleading to use Nelson Mandela’s name to defend the Cecil John Rhodes statue

  • Nic Cheeseman
7 min read
Students march past the Radcliffe Camera during protest
FEES2017

South African students across the UK march in solidarity with #FeesMustFall

A march to the SA High Commission has been organised to demand that government prioritise the fees crisis in higher education.

  • Raeesa Pather
5 min read
CECIL JOHN RHODES

Oriel College’s Rhodes statue just a red herring

British students need to turn their attention to the glaring inequalities that persist in society rather than focus on removing old statues.

  • Peter Scott
3 min read
ANTON OLIVER

Former All Black to study at Oxford

Former All Black captain Anton Oliver is looking forward to playing in England’s rugby union Varsity Match after being offered a place at Oxford University. Oliver (32) will…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
OXFORD

Cities under threat in UK’s worst floods in memory

The fate of more English cities, towns and villages hung in the balance on Tuesday as emergency crews built up defences against rising waters during Britain’s worst floods in…

  • Katherine Haddon
3 min read