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South Africa and Palestine through Mamdani’s prism of decolonisation

The political theorist suggests that the dismantling of apartheid South Africa is a useful example for finding a solution for Palestine

Deliberate mongrelisation: Yinka Shonibare has put on a show that juxtaposes an electic mix of culture to celebrate the restitution of African artefacts and acknowledge our disconnect relationship with the past. Photo: Michael Hall

Shonibare celebrates Africa’s contribution to modernism

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare offers us a mongrelised vision for the future with his new hybrid forms

KALAHARI DESERT, NAMIBIA, TSUNKWE, NAMIBIA – 2015/11/14: Group of women from the San tribe playing a game in which they dance in circles with their legs banded together in a remote village from the Kalahari desert. (Photo by Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Reimagining an empowered Africa

Retrieving indigenous knowledge through storytelling and exploring transdisciplinary visioning in Africa will enable new way of thinking about sustainable futures

Staying power: President Robert Mugabe has joked about previous reports of his death

What we can learn from the crises in Zimbabwe and Cote D’Ivoire

The two nations have a significant post-colonial parallel: Widely lauded success followed by economic and political chaos.

HIE Dhlomo’s esteem of Plaatje and his writing were generally shared by African intellectuals of the time.

‘Native life’ 100 after Sol Plaatje published it

Edited extract of the editors’ introduction in ‘Sol Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa: Past and Present’ (Wits University Press).

With reality putting a damper on post-colonial optimism

With reality putting a damper on post-colonial optimism, we need to forge a new hope

South Africa is another example of post-colonial optimism being tempered by reality’s bitter pill.

Past: Mayihlome Tshwete is plastered on the Rémy Martin billboard

The image of the post-colonial ‘man’ is stereotypical humbug

This campaign feeds the “black diamond” obsession that focuses on the success of a few black people at the expense of the poor and unemployed.