Australia
Monday, March 24th, 2014
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 now more widespread than at any time during the last century. As of June last year, almost 14,000 Aboriginal children had been "removed". This is five times the number when Bringing Them Home was written. More than a third of all...
Thursday, September 26th, 2013
Who’s Been Sleeping in My House?
South African television is fascinating. Every evening, as part of an ongoing anthropological investigation into the workings of the South African national consciousness, I take my dinner with an episode of 7de Laan (7th Avenue), a popular Afrikaans soap...
Monday, February 6th, 2012
JM Coetzee’s Cricketing Life
It was with some intrigue that my J.M. Coetzee google alert recently informed me that the elusive author had published something new; this time, apparently, in a contribution to a book celebrating, of all things, Australian cricket.
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Colonialism
A satirical film made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Worth seeing again. It should also be the dvd you pop in at your colonial-themed wedding.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
‘The Most Phenomenal Finale’
I don’t watch much rugby these days, but the final moments of the cup final the 2011 Edinburgh IRB Rugby Sevens Festival between Australia and South Africa a week ago is worth reliving.
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Blinded by Red Ribbons
And what has Mr. Bono been doing lately? Here he is, frolicking with a gala-flawless red satin ribbon. (Caption:”U2 front man, Bono, middle, poses with fellow band member, The Edge, left, Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard, right,...
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Nelson Mandela
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3 Books on Nelson Mandela
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Struggles over memory in South Africa
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Mandela was the Last Founding Father in Africa’s Decolonization
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To Be Young, Angry and Black
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