The University as a Place to Think
How we harness knowledge to the ethical injunctions we uphold against marginality, pain or suffering, on a global scale.
Politics
Remembering Differently
Slavery, despite its centrality to South Africa's founding, remains on the periphery of popular and institutional memory there.
Between polarization and transition
Brazil, under the Workers' Party, even if it’s still struggling with enormous poverty and social inequality, has managed to improve tremendously.
The guns in the shooting gallery
Mexico has never healed from the state violence that meets student revolts, dating back to 1968.
The Rise of Grace Mugabe of Zimbabwe
With the exception of Hillary Clinton’s attempt at entering politics during Bill Clinton’s first term as president there hasn’t been a more contentious First Lady.
Apartheid Israel
Is it fair to compare Israel to Apartheid South Africa? And no, making the comparison is not antisemitic.
How not to write about Africa: Use “African Spring”
The “Arab Spring” has become our reference point for revolutions in this digital age, including in Africa south of the Sahara. It's ahistorical.
Football between above and below
In "Futebol Nation," British journalist David Goldblatt explores the social and political history of Brazilian football.
Belgium’s blackface problem
Racism in Belgium is endemic, and not taken seriously. Few people talk about it and even fewer are listening.
Bienvenidos a América Latina es un país
Latin America is a Country is the newest member of the Africa is a Country family. The section is coedited by Pablo Medina Uribe and Camila Osorio.
#MyDressMyChoice
In Kenya, women are organizing against the gender and moral police. Theyr'e using hashtags: #SavetheMiniskirt, #StripMeNot and #MyDressMyChoice.
Tis the blackface season in the Netherlands
Zwarte Piet is just more evidence of how the Dutch majority silences and denies racist realities, especially that of black people there.
How To Use a Sjambok
This and other lessons from the South African front lines.
Has the giant fallen?
The split within South Africa's largest trade union federation, COSATU.
Zambia has a white president
When President Michael Sata died, Western media ignored his political legacy and fixated on acting president Guy Scott’s whiteness treating him like a novelty rather than analyzing Zambia.
