Virtuosic digital artistry is on show in Serwah Attafuah’s installation The Darkness Between the Stars, currently showing at ACMI.
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Santilla Chingaipe’s new book brings a fresh and urgent perspective to bear on Australian history. But in countering misrepresentations she overlooks existing scholarship.
To stop the over-representation of African Australian youth in the criminal justice systems, we need more prevention programs that are culturally responsive.
The UN working group visited Australia for the first time in December last year. Their task was to evaluate the human rights situation of people of African descent living in Australia.
These are ferociously intelligent books by two young female writers addressing the problems of gender, race and migration in Australia today.
Hailed as an Australian hero, Rosemary Kariuki works to connect refugee and migrant women through their strengths and joys — rather than treating them like ‘problems’ to be fixed.
Mararo Wangai is captivating in his play, which captures the truth of being Black African in Australia.
Witnessing their children’s experiences of racism was particularly difficult, parents reported.
A new collection of writing by African-diaspora Australians shares a diversity of experiences: stories of displacement, isolation, endurance and the right to call Australia home.
African Australians contribute to all major musical genres - from dance to hip hop and beyond.
The problem is the disproportionate amount of attention on the so-called African gang problem and the way these incidents are being reported.
Stigma about black or African hair reflects deep-seated politics around race and history.
Victoria Police recently announced an inquiry into their public relations and cultural awareness training, after a group of young African Australians claimed they had been victims of over-policing and…
In absorbing some of the press coverage recently, one could be forgiven for thinking a significant percentage of crime in Victoria is perpetrated by young African-Australians. In my PhD study, my academic…
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