Ghana’s history shows a strong connection between music and politics that has evolved over six decades.
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Kwame Nkrumah and Ali Mazrui associated nuclear weapons with imperialism and racism, but proposed different approaches to address the problem they present.
Studies of Kwame Nkrumah have been influenced by the political climate both within and outside Ghana.
Compared to other politicians who tend to be indirect and evasive, Nkrumah was direct, explicit and assertive.
The country’s national interest and human rights remain the two topics bedevilling South Africa’s foreign policy.
For Africans and diasporans, learning about their heritage is important. But it remains to be seen how this will translate into a sustained continental and diasporan engagement.
Like many great men, the legacy of Ghana’s independence hero is not uncontested.
Songstress Dorothy Masuku once told South Africa’s public broadcaster that music was like breathing for her.
African universities were key actors in developing post-colonial and decolonised societies.
Barack Obama was asked to give the Mandela Lecture because he represents what the global liberation struggle icon stood for. He struck the right chord.
The emergent AU law is seen as distinct and separate from international law and the domestic laws of member states.
The transformation of the EU-Africa summit series into the EU-AU summit is more than just a change of name. It reflects the increasing recognition of the AU as an international actor.
The National Question cannot be resolved solely through South Africa’s constitution. There’s potential for a far more radical transformative project than traditional liberalism.
Namibian hero and former Robben Island prisoner Toivo ya Toivo was part of a generation who contributed to the struggles against apartheid and colonialism in the region.
The introduction of an African passport has the capacity to bring about increased migration of Africans within Africa.
For real integration to happen, the Pan African Parliament needs to be imbued with supranational law-making powers. But national sovereignty is something that many states are reluctant to give up.
South Africa’s newest trade union federation, Saftu, comes at a time of declining political influence by unions, compared to during the struggle against apartheid. They are also seen as elitist.
Ghana is very much the African rising star 60 years after independence with an exemplary record in health and education. But it’s struggling like many of its peers to meet social and economic targets.
The African Union sees Africa as a sealed off geographic entity. Yet it remains remarkably quiet about the many bits of Africa that are geographically part of it but do not consider it their home.
South African-Jamaican intellectual, activist and author Peter Abrahams died in January 2017. He will be revered for his contributions to the anti-colonial struggles in Africa and the Caribbean.
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig
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Professor of International Law, University of Pretoria
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Research fellow, Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), United Nations University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University
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Reader in Law, University of Sussex
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Reader in the School of Law and Politics, University of Hull
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Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council