Sampa The Great’s new chapter
Zambian artist, Sampa the Great, returns to the stage in Australia with "An Afro Future." In an interview, she talks reconnecting with her roots and redefining the future.
Australia
Witnessing the crimes and end of empire
“The sun never sets on the British empire.” The saying, commonly associated with the poet of
What is Australia
Is there a place where white people are more committed to faux race blindness than South Africa?
The trouble with #WhiteHistoryMonth is that it is not history yet
Today, the theft of Aboriginal children – including babies taken from the birth table – is
Who’s Been Sleeping in My House
On prime time television in South Africa, the country is often a place without a past.
JM Coetzee’s Cricketing Life
The news that J.M. Coetzee had contributed to a book entitled "Australia: Story of a Cricket Country" rankled the author, a committed Coetzeephile, slightly.
Colonialism
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHK308_MTiU&w=600&h=373] A satirical film made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Worth seeing again. It
'The Most Phenomenal Finale'
I don’t watch much rugby these days, but the final moments of the cup final the 2011
Bangs: A Fine Mess
Bangs, the Australian rapper of Sudanese descent, who has made mediocrity into an art form, makes
G'day Mate
“The thing that overwhelms most is the level of professionalism of native Africans in knowing how
Animal Kingdom
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPfsM4yBZps&w=500&h=307&rel=0] It will get ridiculous over the next month. For now the price goes to goes
What we know about Australia
The popular Australian show, "Hey Hey It's Saturday Night!," on Channel 9, thought it would be okay to revive blackface.