The name Africa was given to the continent by European explorers, exploiters, slavers and colonists. It ignores the indigenous people and their accomplishments.
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Ravan Press published many black authors who wrote against apartheid, leading to Peter Randall being banned by the state.
South Africa’s National Arts Festival’s economic impact on its host city, Makhanda, is estimated to be US$4.5 million a year. But it also makes an impact on a social and an artistic level.
Ghana has long attracted African Americans who have suffered racial injustices in the US.
Eugen Sandow’s visit to South Africa in 1904 was a triumph of colonial display and racism. Despite its prejudices it influenced the development of bodybuilding in South Africa.
LGBTIQ+ life in Angola can be traced to before colonialism, though it has not been well documented. A recent project brings these stories to life.
Tunisia has failed to capitalise on the heritage tourism potential of the ancient city and its natural surroundings.
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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