Fanon left a remarkable imprint, his views influencing many in the field of mental illness as well as pan-Africanist and anti-colonialism thinkers.
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Arts, Culture and Sport Superstars Sadio Mané and Mo Salah eclipse African football at home
The Caf African Player of the Year is named on 21 July – but it’s only one of eight trophies being handed out.
Arts, Culture and Sport The refreshing diversity of new Zimbabwean poetry
At a small press, the poetry series features easily recognisable names from showbiz and media, and few National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) recognitions. But the refreshing development is younger poets moving beyond pre-occupation with national politics to venture into themes like sexuality, philosophy and cultural memory. Sibonginkosi Nkala interviews three rising stars of Zimbabwean poetry.
Arts, Culture and Sport Restoring UCT’s burnt archives will take years
The UCT Special Collections had arguably the most valuable collection of African history documents in the world. It consisted of over 85,000 books and pamphlets on African studies, one of the largest collections of African films in the world (about 3,500 films), 24,000 items in the audiovisual archives, and 1,600 archival collections.
Arts, Culture and Sport Digital archiving: Stories for future generations
A digitisation project in Kenya is asking what other ways memory can exist. Can it exist in music, fashion, or landscapes? And how much is lost by not tapping into the collective conscious and only relying on traditional archiving mediums?
Arts, Culture and Sport Tunisia and Kenya shine at Wimbledon 2022
In this year’s Wimbledon Championships, Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur became the first African-Arab woman in the modern era to reach a Grand Slam final while Kenya’s Angella Okutoyi became the first Kenyan to win a Wimbledon title.
Arts, Culture and Sport Women’s Afcon final stage is underway with a new challenge – testosterone testing
The thorny issue of testosterone testing has made news, not just the growing skills on the field.
Arts, Culture and Sport Tennis star Ons Jabeur is Tunisia’s ‘minister of happiness’
The first African player to reach a major tennis final, she has set Wimbledon – and Tunisian hearts – ablaze.
Arts, Culture and Sport Wole Soyinka’s life of writing holds Nigeria up for scrutiny
Wole Soyinka’s writing has explored the same themes for decades.