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The future looks terrifying for many US-based exiles from Mauritania — facing deportation to Africa's modern "slave nation" under Trump's monstrous ICE.
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The future looks terrifying for many US-based exiles from Mauritania — facing deportation to Africa's modern "slave nation" under Trump's monstrous ICE.

Mbembe’s 'Critique of Black Reason' is useful for our analysis of the postcolonial present.

The artist Mohau Modisakeng mines the contours of colonial and post-colonial history.

In some of Cape Town's black townships, residents have to stand in line to use one of the portable chemical toilets made available to them.

The major problem with the term "decolonization" is its status as empty signifier, argues South African psychologist Wahbie Long.

The new reality show "Clifton Shores," promises Americans "fun" views of life in Cape Town. Without trying it probably will expose the ugly reality of racism and inequality in the city.

New Zealand's Prime Minister is a very nice centrist. People in the rest of the world, including Africans, calling for her to be emulated should be careful what they wish for.

Late jazz musician Duke Ngcukana, has been described as “a trumpet player extraordinaire," and "a fine person.”

South Africans are learning the hard way that corruption cannot simply be solved through technical fixes and increasing “accountability” through locking the villains up.

A documentary film about a black filmmaker and her struggles to make a film about Marike de Klerk.

What could or should full decolonization in Kenya look like?


The moral drama of the Israeli occupation plays out at a South African school.

In 2018, we hope to continue translating scholarly debates and high-level political and cultural analyses into accessible language.

The Senegalese-American crooner's uninspiring "Oh Africa" reminds of bubblegum South African pop from the 1980s.

The famed South African musician Hugh Masekela has a history of speaking his mind on postapartheid politics.

Despite the media's wish for a neat story, the African continent's response to COVID-19 is all over the map.

Why the wall Kenya is building on its border with Somalia is a terrible idea.