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The Kilwa Sultanate: The Island State That Dominated Medieval East Africa
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Xenophobic attacks repudiate freedom and are shameful
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Internationalism and pan-Africanism have been foundational values of the liberation struggle. It is shameful that this generation, many of whom are former freedom fighters, dishonour that legacy and e...
My Creamer Media Polity column on the scourge of xenophobia
Xenophobic attacks repudiate freedom. They must be stopped!
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The bodies may not have even been recovered from the Albert Street fire before Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshaveni issued a statement that “it’s not the government’s task to provide ...
# ***Call for chapters***![]()
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*Weaving Histories from Below: Needlework in Africa and the writing of gendered and subaltern histories.*![]()
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We are developing a volume on needlework and the writing of gendered and subaltern histories, and are calling for chapter contributions. The proposed volume aims to reflect on how needlework can offer new critical perspectives on writing alternate histories from below. ![]()
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We already have excellent submissions on South Africa but are looking for chapters on needlework from elsewhere on the African continent. Deadline for submissions: **15th January 2024**.![]()
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To learn more about the project and details for submission - please see the attached file
Creamer Media Polity social hope series video part 2
New forms of hope and collectivity for universal emancipation in South Africa – Part two
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If it’s necessary to build a new collective in place of notions of individual hope and collectives that suppress individuality supposedly in the interests of...
Part one video interview of new Creamer Media Polity social hope series
Response to general crisis: Social hope and collective action for change in South Africa – Part one
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When we talk about hope in a political context, one is referring to hope for change that will be transformative, not merely in our individual lives, but affecting every one of us. In other words, in a...