Patrice Lumumba (1925–1961)
"Africa will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity" (Lumumba, 1960)
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Uruguay is playing for you
Despite what happened at the 2010 World Cup, Africans have more in common with Uruguayans.
The black son shines
Masauko Chipembere's first solo album is a remarkable achievement and a timely musical reminder of the circular nature of pan-Africanist consciousness.
Race, power, and the politics of distraction
As economic crises deepen, right-wing fearmongering and racial scapegoating thrive—masking the real struggle for economic justice.
Davido’s jacket
Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.
Punks of the Witwatersrand
The Rise and Fall of National Wake, South Africa’s first multiracial punk band at the height of apartheid, that sang about state violence and political freedoms.
Labor protests in Swaziland: when no news is not good news
To quote an old adage by the late Steve Biko: the Swazi workers are on their own.
Little Steven’s South African Adventure
The making of Paul Simon's "Graceland" album was controversial. But it seems we didn't know the half of it if Steven Van Zandt is to be believed.
#Fallism as public pedagogy
Fallists draw on scholars and activists like Fanon and Biko, and concepts like intersectionality, to weave together a decolonial framework.
Apartheid is a museum no one visits
How much do young South Africans, especially college students, know about their history? Not much, if these videos are any indication.
Friday Links
…4pm. * The writer Alice Walker was in South Africa last week the deliver the 11th
'Africa's First World Cup' Revisited
…commentators saw the World Cup as a Steve Biko-like moment of black pride, achievement and self-awareness.
Animal Farm
…a few black South Africans have become very wealthy, as Steve Biko predicted in 1972: “This
October is Black History Month
A group of British hip-hop and grime artists are determined to wrench back Black History Month there and in the US from the cynics.
Roger Ebert was the business
Roger Ebert revolutionized television film criticism in the United States with his engaging discussions alongside Gene Siskel. He loved African film.
After Mandela
Nelson Mandela would recognize himself in young protesters for whom freedom has been postponed and view South Africa's government as an obstacle.
Mandela and Hip-Hop
…cannot afford that. It is for this reason that they also played down Winnie Mandela’s role
My New York Times column about Cape Town
The author wrote a column about racial and class inequalities in the city where he lived. The usual backlash by those in power followed.
Madiba: I Remember
The writer, originally from Cape Town, remembers Nelson Mandela's impact on his life.
Nelson Mandela’s Humanity was a Political Education
The author, remembering Mandela, writes how South Africa galvanized progressive energies in the US in the 1980s.