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Jorrit R Dijkstra

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    Politics and Society1 day ago

    Fortress South Africa – open to the highest bidder
    Politics and Society1 day ago

    Kwame Nkrumah: memorials to the man who led Ghana to independence have been built, erased and revived again
    Africans rising2 weeks ago

    Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office
    Yoweri Museveni:
    Politics and Society2 weeks ago

    Yoweri Museveni: ageing Uganda president rides on the memory of his past heroics
    Politics and Society2 weeks ago

    If We Must Win: A Love Letter to My Little Brother
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Thulani Maseko’s absence weakens Eswatini’s struggle for democracy
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Putting the recent coups in the Sahel in broader perspective
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

    Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s new novel is a modern Nigerian tragedy about the rich and the poor
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Zimbabwe heads to the polls amid high inflation, a slumping currency and a cost of living crisis
    Letter to President Ruto - Make Africa Climate Summit African
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Letter to President Ruto – Make Africa Climate Summit African
    Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

    Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya revisits the past under erasure in A Portrait of Emlanjeni
    A Ugandan soldier of 341 Battalion serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) holds a rocket-propelled grenade at sunrise 30 April 2012.
    Africans rising2 months ago

    Africans Rising statement on Niger coup
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Route to reparations yet to make any headway
    Abdulahi Bilah is a human rights activist and part of the Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MSA)
    Africans rising2 months ago

    In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Zimbabwe heads for yet another disputed election
    Africa at the Women’s World Cup football: Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia could cause upsets
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

    Africa at the Women’s World Cup football: Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia could cause upsets
    Thandi Galleta of Malawi (right) and Karin Burger of New Zealand in a 2023 World Cup warm up match in Cape Town
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 months ago

    Africa at the Netball World Cup: four teams are set to inspire the continent
    Mary Mwaba spotlights how the evolution of social movements might be the key to this long-awaited ambition
    Africans rising2 months ago

    “Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba
    There is never going to be a final assessment of Mandela’s legacy. How it is regarded will continue to change, depending on the destination South Africa travels to.
    Politics and Society3 months ago

    Nelson Mandela’s legacy is taking a battering because of the dismal state of South Africa
    Will the Russia-Africa Summit balance pageantry and politics?
    Politics and Society3 months ago

    Will the Russia-Africa Summit balance pageantry and politics?

    Politics and Society1 year ago

    Benin’s 30m ‘Amazon’ statue honours the women warriors of Dahomey
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

    The Village Pope has passed: remembering Tsepo Tshola, Lesotho’s musical giant
    Politics and Society12 months ago

    Saudi Arabia is a modern slave hub and graveyard for African migrant workers
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

    Women behind the decks: The rise of South Africa’s female Amapiano DJs
    A person reading the bible
    African identities8 months ago

    What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe
    Politics and Society1 year ago

    Alliance High School appoints new head — the smooth transition marks a new dawn
    Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
    Politics and Society10 months ago

    Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
    Scholar-activist W.E.B. DuBois in 1946.
    African identities8 months ago

    W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies
    The art in this dossier is based on still frames from the music video ‘IMF’ by Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 (Knitting Factory Records) featuring Dead Prez’s M1, directed by Jerome Bernard and produced by Duck Factory.
    Politics and Society6 months ago

    Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives
    Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
    Politics and Society7 months ago

    Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
    Lifestyle2 years ago

    South Africa approves the use of the Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention
    Nigerian super artist Tems (Temilade Openiyi) 
    Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

    Nigeria and South Africa triumph at the 2023 Grammys
    Cartoon: Nigeria elections 2023
    Politics and Society8 months ago

    Cartoon | Nigeria elections 2023
    Beyoncé performs in Dubai in 2023.
    Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

    Beyoncé is going on a world tour. Why she shouldn’t ignore Africa
    LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
    African identities7 months ago

    LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
    Winky D, wearing Lionel Messi Argentina shirt
    Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

    Three Silences of Winky D
    Dr. Chifuntu smiling
    African identities8 months ago

    The kinky! It’s part of me
    Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban.
    Arts, Culture and Sport6 months ago

    Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption
    Angelique Kidjo on stage in Paris in 2021.
    Arts, Culture and Sport8 months ago

    Angelique Kidjo: the diva from Benin could win a record sixth Grammy Award
    Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, present the redesigned banknotes in Abuja.
    Politics and Society9 months ago

    Nigeria’s currency redesign and withdrawal limits: questionable policy and bad timing