Probably the most prestigious collection of contemporary photography from the African continent and the diaspora is coming to the Netherlands.
05/04/2018
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Apartheid Revisited Released
Blog /This interactive web application explores the whereabouts of white oppression in South Africa, its European/Dutch roots and the relevance of an 'old' story for today.
02/03/2018
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An impressive memoir of an immigrant's daughter has now been translated into Dutch.
03/04/2018
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Incorruptible. The story of the murders of Dulcie September, Anton Lubowski and Chris Hani of our Investigations Editor Evelyn Groenink was launched at ZAM on Tuesday 27th of March, 2018.
05/04/2018
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Congratulations to Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng who has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town!
20/03/2018
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The Good Civil Servants
Chronicle #21 /Conscientious officials and their fight against corruption.
05/04/2016
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A fascinating study into the return of twenty skulls from Berlin to Namibia is now available online.
20/03/2018
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With no less than six members of ZAM’s partner the African Investigative Publishing Collective presenting their deep-digging stories, African investigative journalists occupied their deserved place on the international stage at the recently held Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg.
29/11/2017
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Between bitter almonds and good hope
Chronicle #32 /South Africa today. A ZAM special.
10/10/2017
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Incorruptible by Evelyn Groenink
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Review | Mozambique from one time into another
Chronicle #26 /Dutch photographer Ben Krewinkel continues the journey that took Frits Eisenloeffel to Mozambique after its victory and independence of 1975.
19/12/2016
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Namibia | Into the Kaiser's Holocaust
Chronicle #26 /A visual journey by Dutch photographer Pieter Boersma.
30/01/2017
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Couto’s book Confession of a lioness (A Confissão da Leoa), reads as a poetic puzzle. The storyline comes to us in fragments and unfolds very slowly and indirectly. Set in Kulumani, a small, isolated village in the north of Mozambique, it soon becomes clear that something is very wrong there, but what exactly?
29/10/2017
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New cover design by Victor Ekpuk for the 60th anniversary edition of Achebe's world famous trilogy.
05/04/2018
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Essay | Hidden Walls & How To Climb Them
Chronicle #35 /If economic results are viewed from the secure bubble of the privileged, everything seems fine. This is why data should be disaggregated.
26/03/2018
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"You were strong when we couldn’t be. You were a rage that sometimes burned too brightly and you showed us how to be brave and be our fearsome best. Lion. Warrior. Mother. Mkhonto (spear)."
Sisonke Msimang, South African writer, on Twitter/@Sisonkemsimang.
03/04/2018
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"Wise words mistranslated: What can we learn from a pre-colonial Nigerian philosopher?"
05/03/2018
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ZAM, the platform for African change, is celebrating Nelson Mandela's centenary with an elaborate program of activities: Mandela100.
15/01/2018
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African communities are here to stay.
19/12/2017
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Tell Freedom online
Blog /A remarkable exhibition by fifteen South African artists is presently on view in Kunsthal KadE in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
05/03/2018
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The plunder route to Panama
Chronicle #32 /How African oligarchs steal from their countries.
08/10/2017
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2018 | Mandela100
Blog /ZAM launches 2018 Mandela Centenary programme.
29/11/2017
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20/09/2017
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'South Africa's leaders blame Mandela for their own failures'
Chronicle #33 /How Mandla Langa made Mandela 'sing through his own words'
31/10/2017
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The Contrarian
That's just not right
- Behind the NGO Attack | Elnathan John
- The Rainbow Myth | Nomalanga Mkhize
- Taking sex workers off the streets won't help fight HIV | Dianne Massawe
- "It’s not poverty that is to blame for the weak African responses to Ebola, but bad leadership" | Professor Oyewale Tomori
- Cyril Ramaphosa "not solely to blame for Marikana massacre" | Steven Friedman
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Feel Safe. The Poster
Exclusive poster of a picture by Pieter van der Houwen, which he took for The African Tabloid. Image is depicting a security guard in Lagos, Nigeria.
Between bitter almonds and good hope
South Africa today. A ZAM special.More than two decades after South Africa’s transition to democracy the country is in disarray. The ideals of a revolution – non-racialism, non-sexism, non-tribalism and a constitutional democracy – are being betrayed by an elitist faction under the leadership of president Jacob Zuma.
ZAM Clip Favourite
Raymond Dakoua
Safe spacesIvory Coast-born, Brussels-based Raymond Dakoua is passionate about all things human. His multi-faceted work stretches many borders, both geographically and socially.
Signs of Solidarity
The ExhibitionIt started with a handful of activists, it turned into one of the biggest solidarity movements The Netherlands ever had. An initial affinity with the South African Boers turned into a massive engagement with the black majority. ‘Signs of Solidarity- The Exhibition’ is a moving account of 30 years of protest and debate, boycott and friendship.
Remember the Future
A special ZAM issue (Dutch)Adriaan van Dis Marlene Dumas Anton Corbijn Bram Vermeulen Berend Strik Lieve Joris Conny Braam Gerda Havertong Kadir van Lohuizen Sander Veeneman and others. Order your copy.