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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.
Long Walk to Toronto
This boi pic of Nelson Mandela feels like it was picked at random from the Wikipedia version of Mandela's autobiography.
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.
The two mutually irreconcilable Nelson Mandelas
Both Nelson Mandela’s historical role in the South African transition to democracy and his own management of his legacy paved the way for vacuous treatments of his life.
Three Myths about Mandela Worth Busting
The Nelson Mandela encountered by former antiapartheid activist Tony Karon in American media is so unrecognizable.
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.
To Come Back from Qunu
Our correspondent, attending the funeral of Nelson Mandela, the founder of post-apartheid South Africa, reflects on Madiba's legacy for his own children.
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.
Ruud Gullit and the Struggle for South African Freedom
When Gullit won the Ballon d’Or in 1987, he dedicated the award to the imprisoned Nelson Mandela; then made a reggae song about Apartheid.
Belonging — Why South Africans Refuse to let Africa in
Most South Africans have at least one thing in common: their hatred of other Africans coming from the rest of the continent.
Jeremy Clarkson’s long history of escaping accountability
Cancel Jeremy Clarkson, cancel Top Gear and cancel British jingoism.
Is it a good idea to use blackface to shame racism?
The Dutch filmmaker Sunny Bergman put on blackface to fight the racist caricature Zwarte Piet.
Lessons for black South Africa in black America
Many middle-class black South Africans hold poor and working-class blacks in disregard if not disdain, and believe poor blacks hold themselves back.
The birth of Malawian hip hop
Bantu Khamuladzi are pioneers of Malawian hip hop. Like most first generation African hip hop artists, they mimicked American styles, then found their own voices.
Many Terence Rangers
If you studied history in Zimbabwe in the 1980s and 1990s, you could not avoid the influence of Terence Ranger, especially in making sense of nationalism.