Despite being detained by the apartheid government and his work being banned, Matthews never stopped writing truth to power and was celebrated around the world.
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The last great modernist of South African painting, he influenced a generation of black artists.
The dismantling of the liberation armies and that of the apartheid state was managed badly. It left in its wake thousands of angry veterans who felt betrayed.
Jazz star Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse has turned 70. In 50 years, his music career has come to help define South African politics and popular culture.
An ongoing study shows that storytelling can positively increase self-awareness in young people, especially if they can relate to the stories. But in Africa access to story platforms is limited.
The long history of racist beauty standards alone cannot explain the ongoing global use of harmful skin lighteners.
Black consciousness in South Africa changed blacks and whites.
Deeply influenced by Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement, artist David Koloane, who died on 30 June 2019, believed that artists have a right to define their own work.
As South Africa marks Media Freedom Day, it’s clear that its battle isn’t over. Attacks on journalists continue –through physical intimidation and there’s also the threat of new laws.
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Associate researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford
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History Professor, University of Washington
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Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology., Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, University of Pretoria
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SARChI Research Chair in Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa, Rhodes University
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Emeritus Professor of Literature and Literary Theory, Department of Afrikaans, University of Pretoria