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5 days ago

Goodbye Graaff-Reinet: South African town's name change stirs racial tensions

Supporters of renaming Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe argue that it is a necessary step in transforming South Africa away from its colonial past and white-minority rule.
Social justice
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1 week ago

The First Pan-African Biennale Establishes a Platform for a Decolonized, African-Led Architectural Future

The inaugural edition is organized around the central theme "Shifting the Center: From Fragility to Resilience," reclaiming African architecture's place as a site of spatial intelligence and cultural memory.
Renovation
Social justice
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

The iconic South African theater that took on apartheid

The Market Theater in Johannesburg played a crucial role in anti-apartheid activism and celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

South Africa was on the cutting edge of LGBTQ+ equality. Why hasn't it banned conversion therapy? - LGBTQ Nation

Conversion therapy has damaging effects on transgender individuals, and Africa's historical acceptance of queer identities contrasts sharply with current intolerance.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Why wearing traditional dress will always be political

The wearing of traditional African clothing varies dramatically across the continent, from everyday staples in Sudan and Nigeria to rare ceremonial wear in Kenya and South Africa, influenced by colonial history and cultural diversity.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 weeks ago

News & notes: Maryhill Museum opens, remembering Mulugeta Seraw and more * Oregon ArtsWatch

Maryhill Museum of Art reopened for its 2026 season, marking 100 years since Queen Marie of Romania dedicated the clifftop mansion-turned-museum in 1926.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

The week in which Puerto Rico celebrates its Afro-descendant heritage

The Bandera Cimarrona, a flag conceived at the first edition of the International Summit of Afro-descendants in Puerto Rico in 2022, stands as a symbol of the resistance, the pursuit of freedom, and the strength of Afro-descendants on the island and throughout the Americas.
Social justice
History
fromMedievalists.net
3 weeks ago

Newly Discovered Document Confirms a 'Legendary' African King - Medievalists.net

An Arabic document from Old Dongola confirms King Qashqash's historical existence and reveals how Nubian rulers exercised power through coordinated gift exchanges with subordinates and merchants.
SF politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Segregation': Multimillion-dollar crime wall causes uproar in S Africa

Cape Town's proposed N2 highway wall to combat crime highlights inequality, as residents lack basic services while authorities fund security infrastructure instead of housing and sanitation improvements.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Lewis Hamilton sets sights on racing in an African grand prix before retiring

Lewis Hamilton advocates for African independence from European control and pursues establishing a Formula One grand prix on the continent.
Arts
fromColossal
1 month ago

Tshepiso Moropa Splices Setswana Folklore and Dreams into Archival Collages

Tshepiso Moropa creates collages from personal and archival images that explore African oral histories, Setswana lore, and dreams through minimal compositions grounded in psychology and linguistics.
fromThesanjoseblog
1 month ago

Black Family Day SV Brings Culture and Joy to Downtown San Jose Today

This free public event runs today from 11am to 4pm at Parque de los Pobladores on 510 S 1st Street in Downtown San Jose. You can gather with your family amid lively performances, interactive activities, and wellness resources that honor African and African ancestry heritage.
Silicon Valley real estate
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

History longs to heal': how Africa hopes to advance campaign for reparative justice

The African Union declared 2025 the year of reparations and extended it through 2036, advancing a continental push for justice and redress for colonialism, slavery, and their lasting impacts.
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1 month ago

Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums

Players of Relooted become South African sports scientist and parkour expert Nomali, as she leaps and dives through museums to retrieve 70 real objects. They include an Asante gold mask that was taken by the British army when it destroyed the Asante empire's capital, Kumasi, and is now in the Wallace Collection in London. Another object is the skull of the Tanzanian king Mangi Meli, which was taken to Germany after its colonial regime executed him in 1900.
Video games
fromThe South African
1 month ago

US nomad praised Cape Town's quality of life

After swapping it for a "better option" in South Africa, he now makes travel videos that he posts on YouTube. Henry lives in a fully furnished R19 000 penthouse apartment in the upmarket neighborhood of Gardens. His outdoor balcony comes with views of Table Mountain.n "This is a view I will never get tired of waking up to every morning", he said.
Digital life
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World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I thought it was going to perish': the remarkable revival of an endangered language in Lesotho

siPhuthi, a minority language in southern Lesotho and northeastern South Africa, has undergone a revival through local collaboration with linguists documenting speakers and traditions.
Business
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Navigating the ghosts of cultures past

Organizational culture constantly changes; leaders must discern which legacy cultural elements to retain and which to remove while balancing enduring beliefs with adaptive practices.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Et Tu, South Africa?

South Africa's culture minister canceled Gabrielle Goliath's Venice Biennale performance about Gaza, prompting accusations of censorship and erasure of Palestinian suffering.
Philosophy
fromAeon
2 months ago

Lessons in pluralism from a 17th-century African town | Aeon Essays

Crispina Peres, a powerful 17th-century Cacheu trader of mixed African-European heritage, was prosecuted by the Inquisition for blending African healing practices with Catholicism.
Wine
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Afro-Centric Trivia Night (Oakland)

Black culture-focused trivia night with DJ, live music, wine, prizes, and community vibes at Coco Noir Wine Bar in Oakland; attendees must buy at least one glass.
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

Oregon celebrates Black History Month * Oregon ArtsWatch

Oregon communities are hosting music, poetry, dance, theater, library programs, and food-justice initiatives to celebrate Black history, culture, and community resilience during February and beyond.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

The South African Pavilion Is Betraying Its Own History

South Africa's Arts and Culture Minister canceled Gabrielle Goliath's Venice Biennale piece, contradicting government policy and prompting the selection committee's protest against censorship.
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A small Africa in Colombia': the palenqueras of Cartagena

Cartagena's palenqueras symbolize the enduring, commodified legacy of enslavement, mixing cultural resilience with tourist-driven exploitation.
#african-diaspora
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

The African Diaspora Pictures Itself

Walking through Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imaginationat the Museum of Modern Art, I noticed that the exhibition didn't have definite sections or texts, and the wall labels abstained from naming the nationalities of the photographers. It was an invigorating experience to be in a show that eschews geographic boundaries set up by Western nations, as well as rejects a cause-and-effect narrative that centers Western colonialism as a framework for understanding African aesthetic production.
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