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    Rethinking History

    Harris Dousemetzis On Telling The TRUE Story Of “The Man Who...

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    “The Man Who Killed Apartheid” is a book aiming to contribute to “a post-colonial intellectual history of South Africa.” It is book 12 of...

    Violence In The Service Of Power: ANC Attacks On Azapo And...

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    BOOK EXTRACT “The ANC’s (African National Congress) violent intolerance of the Black Consciousness (BC) movement found its grimmest expression during the ‘people’s war’ it waged...

    The Singing In Parliament Brought Tears To Our Eyes

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    Song and dance is intrinsically linked to South African heritage and culture. It could be no more evident than in parliament on May 22....

    Hlumelo Biko: “ I Have Reimagined The Africa I Want To...

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    BOOK EXTRACT Slavery, colonialism, imperialism, and apartheid have fundamentally unbalanced the values and self-concept of Africans. There must be a rediscovery of African identity, writes...

    The Forgotten Women Series Uncovers The Untold Histories Of Women

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    World history remembers certain people better than others. Our records are dominated by white men from the West who supposedly led, conquered, and created...

    In Conversation With Fatimah Asghar

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    Muslim, American, Pakistani-Kashmiri, poet, writer - in her debut poetry collection, Fatimah Asghar reflects on navigating those identities through questions of race, history, sexuality,...

    Bantu Is A Powerful Reflection On Steve Biko’s Legacy

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    We are all familiar with the figure Stephen Bantu Biko or Steve Biko, but are we familiar with his ideas, his writings and his...

    Germany And South Africa: Humanity’s Tenuous Relationship With Progress

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    As genocide and concentration camps have entered our lives through what is happening to the Rohingya people and the internment of immigrant children in...

    Celebrating Mam’ Albertina Sisulu In The Hundredth Year Of Her Birth

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    Chanting "Wathint` abafazi, Strijdom! Wathint` imbokodo uzo kufa!" outside the Union Buildings 62 years ago, it was Albertina Sisulu and other women anti-apartheid activists...

    The Colonial History Of Tea

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    In most households around the world, tea is a staple part of people's diet. It is the first thing you drink when you wake...

    Nomvuyo Ngcelwane Tells The Story Of Black People In District Six

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    Nomvuyo Ngcelwane's book Sala Kahle District Six was first published in 1998. For the 20th anniversary of the book, publishing house Kwela Books have...

    Professor Adekeye Adebajo: “The ANC’s Liberation Was Based On Solidarity With...

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    On the 100th year since Nelson Mandela's birth, The Daily Vox is interrogating his pan-Africanist legacy. The Daily Vox spoke to the Director for...

    Mandela’s Pan-Africanism: In His Own Words

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    On 12 January 1962, seven months before his infamous life sentence that banished him to Robben Island, Nelson Mandela gave a speech at the...

    5 Women Who Fought Racists And Patriarchs For Our Freedom

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    The liberation struggle is saturated with images of men who fought against the apartheid state for our political freedom, to the exclusion of women....

    Max Du Preez: On Fighting Against Apartheid As Media

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    From the late 70s to the early 90s, South Africa saw some truly turbulent times. Journalist and social commentator Max Du Preez was at...

    Nelson Mandela and Women

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    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is etched into history as an icon and is lauded all over the world for his work in the struggle against...

    Mam’ Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Legacy Is Still A Site Of Struggle

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    South Africa, is a country that is inhibited by ghosts trying to find their homes and it is a country that knows no justice....

    MSF Field Worker Remembers The Rwandan Genocide: “The Hate That Came...

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    This year marks 24 years since the Rwandan genocide. More than a million people were killed during the 100 days of violence. The Rwandan...

    Winnie Mandela: The Woman Who Fought For Our Freedom

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    The nation mourns the death of the prolific revolutionary and struggle icon Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela, who died on Monday, 2 April at the age...

    The Place Of Sara Baartman At UCT

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    The label “Hottentot Venus” continues to haunt our memory of Sara Baartman. This moniker, used in Jean Reaux’s posters to advertise the exhibit of...