Representation that sells us shoes
Adidas and other private, for-profit companies that are embracing corporate queerness are never going to contribute to our liberation.
Adidas and other private, for-profit companies that are embracing corporate queerness are never going to contribute to our liberation.
Duane Jethro goes to South African fast food chain, Chicken Licken, to eat a Big John Burger, and finds out the postcolonial feelings it inspires.
One of the things you must accept when you work in the advertising industry is that
Public art, the vandalism of Nelson Mandela’s legacy for commerce and the spoiling of public space in Cape Town.
The Dutch state and its economy are profiting generously from their annual blackface partay.
A common thread that runs through many bad commercials, is that the people who thought them up were incredibly lazy and uncreative.
I was sitting in the tube recently and browsing through one of those free morning papers that
In neoliberal global capitalism, anything can be monetized, even the criminal exploits of a marginal schizophrenic.
Saying that blackface is an American thing (everyone now uses this excuse) and therefore not a problem anywhere else, makes you look dumb.
Are corporate entities really well intentioned in celebrating Mandela the freedom fighter or are they merely using these tributes to position their brands on the right side of history?
Racist representations of Africans are common in South Korea. Where does it come from? Why do South Koreans behave this way?
Fresh as the sea and funny, or tired, racist bull?
Germany's a new campaign to educate Germans about what development policy is, has little to do with Africa and more with local electoral politics.
What has Steve Bantu Biko got to do with partying and spring in the Netherlands?
Why does black characters in Dutch TV commercial plays some exaggerated version of someone from the colonies? Can "normal" black people not sell a product?
Since Valentine’s Day everyone has been talking about the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, although rarely in
Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates is South Africa's fiercest football rivalry. It is increasingly less about the football and more about merchandise on offer to fans of both teams, especially Chiefs.
In South Africa, repackaging dated colonial fears about race and sex are used to sell beer and to win an advertising award for being "different."
A campaign by a Norwegian student group wants fundraising causes not be based on exploiting stereotypes. Also that aid be based on real needs, not “good” intentions.
The use of black and African pride by Western fast food chains to appeal to African-Americans in the United States.