
In Praise of Wangari Maathai
Maathai, who died this week, stood up to the dictatorship of Daniel Arap Moi, and the global regimes of the IMF, the World Bank and all the rest.

Maathai, who died this week, stood up to the dictatorship of Daniel Arap Moi, and the global regimes of the IMF, the World Bank and all the rest.



From the late 1950s, emigration to independent Africa became a feasible option for African Americans tired of U.S. racial segregation. After Apartheid, South Africa became too.



Charles Taylor’s trial at the International Criminal Court is verging on the trivial.

Alexandra Fuller highlights the deeply ingrained sociological, economic, and political problems that still persist in South Africa as a result of apartheid.

Vintage clips, from 1961, of Nelson Mandela, ZK Matthews, Helen Joseph, among others, on a Dutch TV program talking liberation from white supremacy.

The top tunes dedicated to Nelson Mandela, arguably the most recognizable liberation figure from South Africa.

Don't expect "Invictus" to break from the "rainbow nation" narrative despite that symbolism's sell buy date having long expired.

Slovo was a key leader of the armed and exiled resistance against Apartheid and one of the most visible white face of that movement, even after apartheid.