
Fallism For What
After the reawakening of South African student activism, what next? It is at the point of the rub between race, class and gender politics that the difficult questions present themselves.
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Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.

After the reawakening of South African student activism, what next? It is at the point of the rub between race, class and gender politics that the difficult questions present themselves.

“Shutting Down the Rainbow Nation” lets mostly women students, mostly from Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape, articulate for themselves what is going on in this moment.

Muholi on inspirations: “Audre Lorde will always be my favorite because she informed a lot of us, gave us a new way of thinking.”

The fearlessness with which South African students confront their society’s contradictions, suggests much more than fees may fall.

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Bizarrely, for all the attention paid Piketty’s visit to South Africa, we’ve learned very little about what he actually said. So, what did he tell his hosts?

Before Columbus’ arrival, there were already millions of people living in America, who we could say had “discovered it.”

“What is the difference between refugees and ‘normal’ citizens besides the fact that the former had to flee from their homes? There is none.”


The global impact of the exchanges and experiences between China and Africa.

Note left at Thomas Sankara’s graveside: “Mama Sankara, your son will be avenged. We are all Sankara.”


Every month, Hipsters Don’t Dance send us their “Top World Carnival Tunes.” This is September 2015’s chart.

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if Luaty Beirão dies in jail on their watch, Angola’s state will have a much bigger problem than small protests on their hands.