Unusually for his generation, he never scrambled to gain positions of power after independence.
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She was a trusted mentor to young militants whose 1976 uprising shaped the country forever.
He wanted to be a writer, but believes he’ll get his message across more easily through music.
The filmmakers followed the Reclaim the City campaign for six years to document their struggle for accommodation in Cape Town’s elite ‘city bowl’.
A 26-member theatre ensemble aims to bring history to light in a fresh way.
Nigeria’s Afrobeats stars love to identify with Fela’s activism and music - but their tributes are becoming opportunistic and empty.
All that remains of the political icon is a tooth, but it represents much more than just a human trophy.
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow, Rhodes University
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Anthropology, University of the Western Cape