He gave up a lucrative contract in France to help create a football team to represent the Algerian resistance in the fight for independence. Algerians never forgot this.
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Interviews with women who have staged naked protests reveal this is not just a shock tactic, but a powerful way of claiming their voices and their dignity.
A Colonial Boy is a welcome book for Eppel scholars, but some readers may be put off by its use of literary sketches.
It’s important that this brutal chapter in South Africa’s past be commemorated in the right spirit, to reflect, take stock and to heal.
Fanon’s famous book was translated to isiZulu by South African writer and scholar Makhosazana Xaba.
African news media have continued many of the damaging norms of how western media report on the continent. It’s time for a rethink.
Repatriation of looted African art is no longer a marginalised topic, but reaps few rewards.
The name Africa was given to the continent by European explorers, exploiters, slavers and colonists. It ignores the indigenous people and their accomplishments.
83.6% of the 367 residents in the survey said that they did not want the historic town’s name to be changed.
Echoes of Southern African Independence is an audio archive project that brings history alive in a fresh and unique way.
The Long Shadow of German Colonialism tells of a brutal history, and how this past lives on today.
Christianity is evolving. Mainstream churches like the Methodists and the Catholics are losing ground to indigenous and pentecostal groups.
The nationalist art of Mobutu Sese Seko and the art nouveau style of King Leopold II both live on in Kinshasa in fascinating ways.
The history of the coastal communities of east Africa shows how ethnic groups and their languages were shaped.
With a dramatic political history, radio is today the number one source of news in Africa.
Driven by social justice, he showed that all people are capable of both good and evil.
Variations of English names reveal the enduring effects of British rule - but there’s also a return to tradition.
The word shows that language isn’t static, it evolves to reflect developments in a society.
Some explorers believed they had found unicorns depicted on rocks. The truth behind the paintings is far more interesting.
In over 30 countries LGBTIQ+ people would face imprisonment. Progress has been made but there is still a long way to go.
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