The recently published critique by Sandile Memela, “The Coca-Colonisation of African Culture,” was mired in alarmist histrionics, showed little consideration for history and just waved a...
There seems to be a general consensus amongst Africans that while it is acceptable to compare countries on the continent with one another (and occasionally group...
A to Z list of what we cannot simply blame on apartheid, what we would not have expected of a government that claims to be committed...
A to Z list of what we cannot simply blame on apartheid, what we would not have expected of a government that claims to be committed...
Skin-lightening/bleaching is a problem, but it's only a sign of much deeper inter-related issues: self-hatred, a race-based identity crisis, and the internalisation of Western-created cultural ideas...