
Exploitation and imagination in the works of this year’s principal winner of the Prince Claus Award.
02/12/2020
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23/11/2020
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After his victory in 2016, President Akufo-Addo announced that he would clean government. But when the main corruption fighter came too close, he was sent on leave.
02/12/2020
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In the past, black portraiture has tended towards fanciful depictions that have little semblance to the lived experiences of Black and Brown bodies, from the African continent and beyond.
02/12/2020
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The #Jerusalemadancechallenge will enter history as the global COVID-19 crisis’ unprecedented, contemporary African-inspired symbol of hope. Yet the Angolan origins of this viral trend, and the reason behind Jerusalema’s explosive popularity, are barely touched upon by the international media.
10/11/2020
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The million dollar deals between President Paul Biya and American PR companies
02/11/2020
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Nok terracottas are proof that an ancient civilisation once existed in Nigeria. Now they are at the centre of a multi-million dollar, globe-spanning underground industry. Nigeria loses out.
24/11/2020
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30 philosophers challenging the traditional western canon.
02/12/2020
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Why are Africans not dying?
Blog /If the coronavirus has taught us anything, it is that not even a pandemic can erase the inherent racism in the Western media and in humanitarian organisations.
02/11/2020
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Observing the largest gathering of black people I had ever seen in Amsterdam, I realised that their pain was familiar, yet we knew so little of each other, separated not just by geography and language, but also by a suppression of our stories.
15/10/2020
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Michael Schmidt’s Death Flights uncovers one of the darkest chapters of Apartheid oppression.
18/11/2020
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Since the Covid 19 pandemic people have realised that 'while individualism had worked for them in times of stability, it would get them nowhere in times of stress. They needed one another.', writes Sisonke Msimang in an essay for the exhibition ‘A Fair Share of Utopia’.
05/10/2020
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Inside a Nigerian queer community safe house.
19/10/2020
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Book Review | The Old Drift
Blog /From Namwanli Serpell's novel emerges a Zambia that is vibrant, energetic and full of life. But it is certainly not a paradise.
12/10/2020
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‘If you would die today and reincarnate one generation later, in what world would you want to be born, regardless of where or who you are?’ This is the question posed to the artists of ‘A Fair Share of Utopia’ that inspired them to create new works for Nest (The Hague) and CBK Zuidoost (Amsterdam).
28/09/2020
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