WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY….. There is a time for hope and there is a time for realism. But what…
ABLADE GLOVER: A MASTER OF HIS CRAFT. In essence, Glover’s painting practice is an impossible quest in search of the…
AFRICA NEEDS VACCINES Still, Africa needs vaccines immediately. As things stand, the US has optioned 1.96bn additional doses. The European…
AFRICAN WOMEN IN PHOTOS. The images from Ebony, Essence, etc. acted as counter-narratives to those of National Geographic and the…
EXCERPTS OF INTERVIEW WITH SENEGALESE CURATOR N’GONÉ FALL. Naidoo: You worked exclusively with socially engaged artists from the Global South.…
VACCINE NATIONALISM IS KILLING US “We have the power to end this pandemic. We have the technology, materials and productive…
[THE QUEEN IDIA IVORY MASK.] It made sense that Nigerians wanted the mask to act as a mascot for a festival…
[GALAMSEY UNCHAINED] “Yet, unlike the fools in our midst who leave a crater-ridden ‘moon-type landscape’ wherever they engage in galamsey…
[ON THE RECENT FIRE AT THE UCT LIBRARY] Interview with UCT academic SHANNON MORREIRA. QUESTION: Why is the African Studies…
[ON CLOWNS – A REFLECTION.] Clowns, of course, are very serious and important people. At their simplest, they remind us…