The beautification of Stellenbosch University
The arrogance of apartheid-denialism at Stellenbosch University.
South Africa
Apartheid’s Revenge
The ethno-nationalism that marked apartheid’s dying days has now morphed into a malignant “nativism” that threatens post-apartheid democracy.
Never becoming fully South African
Like many other African states, South Africans discharge their anger at political failings on easy scapegoats: those they deem foreigners.
Photo of the Day: What value do we place on African lives?
Today for the first time since Mandela was freed, I am ashamed to be a South
Achille Mbembe writes about Xenophobic South Africa
Why has this country historically represented a “circle of death” for anything and anybody ‘African’?
This is the sound of Cecil John Rhodes falling
Historic moments get a lot of phone camera coverage these days, but I wondered if radio
This brand of non-racialism is no better than denial
A review of a documentary film about the life of Albie Sachs, a noted antiapartheid activist and later Supreme Court Judge in postapartheid South Africa.
Mythologies of the Future
Johannesburg artists investigate power and its structures to interrogate the invisible forces that create them and to imagine alternatives.
The Rise of a Post-colonial University
In the last two weeks, students belonging to the #RhodesMustFall collective have rechristened and remade of
Googling “Jan van Riebeeck”? This is for you
Despite his negative legacy in South Africa, Van Riebeeck gets presented by some as someone locals should admire.
Black President
Kudzanai Chiurai, the Zimbabwean-born South African artist known for his ironic commentaries on postcolonial politics, is the subject of a documentary film by BLK JKS guitarist Mpumelelo Mcata.
Playing cricket while Black
Black players are consistently reduced to their racial identities by the South African media.
The Mercenary Playbook
Why do Western media outlets still fantasize that Apartheid's foot soldiers will be the ones to stop Boko Haram?
Paralyzed with Fear of the Past
J.M. Coetzee wondered in the late 1980s what price white South Africans are willing to pay for fraternity with Black South Africans.
So What Happens After Rhodes Falls?
One of the most scandalous statistics at the University of Cape Town: only 3% of academic staff are black, and only two full professors are black in the faculty of Humanities.
Rhodes Must Fall from Zimbabwe
Protests are important because they raise awareness. Awareness leads to dialogue. And dialogue may lead to lasting solutions.
It’s Not Just About Cecil John Rhodes
Statues of icons of colonialism continue to exist in their visibly unaltered state throughout South Africa’s major cities.
Rhodes Must Fall Everywhere
Aside from the heady enthusiasm of campus politics, is there any variable that unites these seemingly disparate campus struggles and what can they learn from one another?
Can a woman in hip hop speak on her own terms?
Burni Aman was a member of the all women Godessa hip hop group. Now she is embarking on a solo career. She is intend on speaking for herself.
The statue in the garbage bag
Watch: South Africa's 'born frees' gag on the rainbow nation pill they've been fed for the past 21 years.