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Few Basotho remain who witnessed colonial life. Even fewer went on to build institutions that shaped independent governance and education.
French authorities allowed sex work because they believed brothels could help prevent interracial relationships from developing.
Iraq’s massive agricultural system, believed to have been built by enslaved Africans, has been given dates by the first archaeological study of its kind.
Kippie Moeketsi knew how to play the blues. But his blues was shaped by multiple musical influences.
A Kenyan exhibition working with communities in conflict zones offers insights into how Côte d'Ivoire could use the drum for reconciliation.
Germany’s genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama has been well documented, but the massacre of the Bushmen from 1912 to 1915 is seldom discussed.
A visit to a campus bookstore reveals layers of history about Nigeria.
A national icon in Morocco, Faras was a humble man whose passing marks the end of an era.
With a story as harrowing as the times he lived in, he was a singular voice in the country’s rich jazz history.
Municipal drinking amenities were built to control and profit from African drinking. In Bulawayo, the quality of the beer became a colonial obsession.
A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of the power they contained.
A new book revisits her life, work and ideas and shows how relevant they still are today.
His unique trumpet style and gentle professionalism is remembered by a former teacher and band member.
The award-winning South African drama series is back for a second season. How true is it to Zulu culture?
African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.
He understood that the struggle for freedom extended beyond the political realm into the cultural, where jazz music thrived.
No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
Mbare Art Space has transformed an oppressive colonial building with a vision for the future that’s built on sustainable art practice.
He won global fame for his politically charged films about the fight for independence in Algeria and was central to building the country’s film industry.
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Assistant Professor, Harvard University
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Research Associate, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
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Disney Professor of Archaeology, Director, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
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Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Senior Researcher, Institute of Heritage Science, National Research Council (CNR)
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Research Associate, Humanities Research Centre (and African Literature Department, University of the Witwatersrand), University of York
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Univertsity Assistant (Postdoc), Universität Wien; University of the Free State
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Research Fellow, History Department, Universität Trier
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Assistant Professor, Department of History, West Virginia University
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Professor, African American and African Studies, University of Virginia
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Academic Fellow & Lecturer in Architecture and Cultural Heritage, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Lecturer at the National School of Architecture and Urbanism, Université de Carthage