The State Department views a 1960s-era internationalist movement based in Havana as a Cuban communist plot to destroy America. The truth was far more nuanced.
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Pope Francis transformed the church from an institution in which a few called the shots to a church of the people of God.
The racism Sulter experienced would strongly register in her work, which melded a striking artistic sensibility with anti-colonial politics.
Ghanaian leaders have grappled with ideological challenges while navigating decolonisation and socio-economic development.
Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a longer – and even more fraught – history in Latin America.
For many school children, Benjamin Zephaniah’s work will have been the first time they encountered published literature that talked about the things that mattered to them.
As the 20th century’s preeminent scholar-activist on race, W.E.B. Du Bois would not be surprised by modern-day attempts at whitewashing American history. He saw them in 1930s and 1940s.
From Lovecraft Country to Black Panther to a statue in Benin, the “amazons” of Dahomey continue to trend in global popular culture.
The fate of the so-called princely states was a particularly contentious issue during India’s Partition, which killed about 1 million people and left millions more displaced.
Fanon left a remarkable imprint, his views influencing many in the field of mental illness as well as pan-Africanist and anti-colonialism thinkers.
Music has often been used as a political tool to urge Kenyans to forget the sins of colonial and post-colonial regimes.
The role played by guerrilla radio in the liberation struggle will not be lost to history, thanks to books like this.
Kaunda will be remembered as a giant of 20th century African nationalism – a leader who gave refuge to revolutionary movements, a relatively benign autocrat and an international diplomat.
The November 2020 local and regional elections have indeed put Namibia’s political culture at a crossroads.
The ex-combatants’ food memories show how they continue trying to make sense of both their past and present experiences of violence.
The passage of laws in Alberta and Saskatchewan granting police greater powers and weapons are seen as a direct attempt to stifle protests by Indigenous Peoples.
The Portuguese colonisers were not the only ones who could use radio for control. A new book tells how popular radio broadcasts from Angola’s liberation fighters were used as weapons in the struggle.
British troops allegedly killed 24 unarmed villagers in Batang Kali in 1948, but the government still refuses a public inquiry.
A long read on how science’s dark imperial past still shapes research today – and what to do about it.
Anti-American and anti-corruption stances have given the president of the Philippines broad appeal.
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Emeritus Professor of Literature and Literary Theory, Department of Afrikaans, University of Pretoria
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