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25 and not Married?!
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African identities 25 and not Married?!

By Mell Nyoko on March 4, 2014

Fifty years ago an unmarried 25-year-old African woman was seen as odd. A husband and family was supposed to be your life’s goal. Thank God we’ve moved on. Or have we?

How bad was Gaddafi?
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Politics and Society How bad was Gaddafi?

By Siji Jabbar on March 3, 2014

While the world celebrates Gaddafi’s downfall and removal, the response across Africa is more muted. Could that be because we always saw through the Western media’s propaganda, even while acknowledging the man’s deep flaws?

President Zuma, think like an African
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Politics and Society President Zuma, think like an African

By Takura Zhangazha on March 3, 2014

Jacob Zuma recently advised South Africans that they must not “think like Africans”, adding that Gauteng’s highways are “not some national road in Malawi”. Does Zuma believe the myth that the more an African country was colonised, the better developed it is?

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Politics and Society Mali and Azawad independence obscured

By Nuunja Kahina on March 3, 2014

You will, by now, have read one article or another about the French intervention in northern Mali, the general gist of which is that Islamic extremists trying to take over the country and destroy Mali.

Photos for social change in Mozambique
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Arts, Culture and Sport Photos for social change in Mozambique

By Jorrit R Dijkstra on March 3, 2014

African photography is on the rise. From street to art photography, conceptual and documentary to fashion shoots, home-grown photographers are increasingly showing the world what they see through the lens (and not only in Africa’s Francophone countries).

Hip hop didn’t kill Pan-Africanism
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Lifestyle Hip hop didn’t kill Pan-Africanism

By Atane Ofiaja on March 3, 2014

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 finger at “anti-African” hip-hop and young people. Wrong targets.

Why is South Africa “not really Africa”?
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Politics and Society Why is South Africa “not really Africa”?

By Melinda Ozongwu on March 3, 2014

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 them together), South Africa stands alone as it is “not really African”.

South Africa’s new apartheid – Part 2
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Politics and Society South Africa’s new apartheid – Part 2

By Mike van Graan on February 27, 2014

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 to social justice, to fundamental human rights, to eliminating poverty and to correcting the inequities of the apartheid past.

South Africa’s new apartheid – Part 1
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Politics and Society South Africa’s new apartheid – Part 1

By Mike van Graan on February 27, 2014

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 to social justice, to fundamental human rights, to eliminating poverty and to correcting the inequities of the apartheid past.

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