The students who marched on 16 June 1976 did more than simply register a political opinion.
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Politics and Society Claim no easy victories: What I learnt from Amilcar Cabral
A contemplation on a righteous and revolutionary life. The writer here goes through a preliminary meditation so as to inspire and return to the source, the current struggle and context of the continent. Grounding it in the life of Amilcar Cabral and the people he struggled with.
Politics and Society How Senegal decolonised diplomacy – starting with Kennedy and Senghor
Considering its decolonised diplomatic journey, Senegal has defined what it means to achieve sustainable independence in 62 years of nationhood.
Politics and Society The generative passion of Walter Rodney
Walter Rodney’s seminal book ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’, first published in 1972, has recently been republished with a new introduction by Angela Y Davis, which is republished here.
Politics and Society Remembering Walter Rodney: A pre-eminent pan-Africanist and Marxist revolutionary
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the birth of prominent Guyanese pan-Africanist and Marxist revolutionary Walter Rodney, and fifty years since he published the magisterial magnum opus How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Here’s our selected 10 quotes from Rodney’s seminal book.
Politics and Society Groundings with Walter Rodney: Remembering a guerrilla intellectual
On March 23 in 1942, Guyanese historian and Pan-African Marxist revolutionary Dr. Walter Rodney was born, he would have turned 80 this year. Rodney was assassinated in 1980. His image, voice, and canonical works will continue to be a testament and witness to the yearning of the human condition for freedom and redemption.
Arts, Culture and Sport The legacy of iconic singer Miriam Makeba and her art of activism
Makeba, who would have turned 90 on 4 March 2022, was a hugely influential artist and an icon of African liberation and identity.
Arts, Culture and Sport Long Read | Nas’ Ultra Black Theory
“Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.” His ghost rewrote hip hop from Queensbridge projects and came through for Africa. Nas’ “Ultra Black” is the most commercially successful Pan-Africanist artist’s white paper on Black power, a rapier-like abstract of Nas’ sprawling political thought.
Arts, Culture and Sport Europe’s ‘Discovery’ of African Art: The 125th anniversary of the British Punitive Expedition
Despite Africans agitating for the return of looted artefacts, 90% of Africa’s cultural heritage is ‘housed’ in the West. This week marks the 125th anniversary of the British punitive expedition that destroyed Benin city and started Europe’s ‘discovery’ of African art.