Royal succession in the age of social media
New Zulu king Misuzulu’s strategy for ensuring the relevance of his monarchy copies from the Windsors in Britain: use the media.
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Jill E. Kelly
Jill E. Kelly is an associate professor at Southern Methodist University and a writing fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study.
Reading List: Jill Kelly
The historian of South Africa on books she is reading for a new project on women and anti-apartheid activities in 1950s rural KwaZulu-Natal.
Winnie Mandela and the historians
Historians have surprisingly said little about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, before or since her April 2018 passing.
The rise and fall of Mangosuthu Buthelezi
South African public life is rife with revisionism, often opportunistic. Take the case of Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
Why is this the story being told now?
The selective memory of ‘Plot for Peace,’ documentary film about South Africa’s transition.
An archive for historian Jeff Guy (1940-2014)
“We know… but we don’t know.” These were words that we heard often from Jeff Guy
The Spear of the People
The KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has a bit of a reputation as a “sleepy hollow.” But it was a crucial node in the struggle against apartheid.
History in the active voice
Research and investigative journalism have begun to identify the agents of Apartheid South Africa’s violent history.
Michael Caine on the Cape Flats
The film “Zulu” – starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom – are getting lukewarm reviews. Is the novel, it’s based on, any good?
Dirk Coetzee is Dead
The legacies of Apartheid’s death squads and the South African Truth and Reconcilation Commission.
Political violence as routine
Most media reports of “political murders” in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa don’t situate them in their larger historical context.