Calls to decolonize economics challenge the discipline’s foundational assumptions about development, markets and inequality.
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More than any other ancient relative, Lucy has challenged us to think deeply about what it means to be human.
Archaeology offers a useful way to counter some biases.
Few Basotho remain who witnessed colonial life. Even fewer went on to build institutions that shaped independent governance and education.
From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.
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.
The ǀxam language has been carved into a new building at Rhodes House to honour the labour and suffering of Africans during colonialism.
Pope Francis transformed the church from an institution in which a few called the shots to a church of the people of God.
With 3.3 million followers on TikTok, Ekezie is not only educating non-African users about the continent, she’s also making them the butt of the joke.
Sammy Baloji’s work allows us to revisit the DRC’s past and explore how art can help us understand decolonisation.
Operation Legacy highlights the repercussions faced when people with power determine what information is available to interpret events of the past.
The Venice Architecture Biennale has an African curator for the first time this year – and a shift in focus.
With over 200 publications to his name, his three most recent books give a sense of why he is so famous as a historian.
Closing racist exhibitions is a good step, but it doesn’t go far enough to decolonise our museums – an expert explains.
Pride Toronto has the opportunity to change its relationship with Indigenous and racialized people.
Hountondji both disrupted and shaped ideas on African philosophy. He is a grandfather of today’s decolonial movement.
The renowned playwright saw theatre as a link to the wider community - and ultimately our common humanity.
African identity needs a revision to move beyond current understanding of its relationship with China
The documentary by Dutch artist Renzo Martins is generating important debates today in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in Europe. Analysis of the stakes of a film that will be a milestone.
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Department of Literary Studies in English, Rhodes University
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Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, History, Carleton University
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Professor of Architecture, University of Cape Town
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Professor of French Studies, University of Warwick
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York University, Canada
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Senior Lecturer in African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, Lafayette College
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Associate professor, Universidad de Sevilla
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Professor of History, University of Canterbury
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Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Lecturer, Department of Theatre Arts, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
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Research Professor, World Christianity and African Studies, DePaul University
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Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford