Sobukwe and the Red Berets
This is an edited extract from the book Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, Testimonies and Correspondence from the Life of Robert Sobukwe
Achille Mbembe
Academics, students urge Wits University to divest from fossil fuels
Staff and students argue it is unethical for university to profit from an industry that damages the planet and distorts science
(R)evolution in 4/4: The contribution of South Africa’s urban music to new meanings of freedom
Kwaito and house music have broadened the scope of struggle and stretched the definition of freedom
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The Portfolio: [BR]OTHER by James Oatway and Alon Skuy
In their new book, photojournalists Alon Skuy and James Oatway situate their often harrowing images among contextual writing
Part I: ‘Afropessimism’ and the rituals of anti-black violence
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
Vuma Levin initiates his cycle
The guitarist is growing into his groove, with a new concept album launching soon
David Koloane’s art is a love letter to Jo’burg
Two art exhibitions reveal the intimate relationship between one of South Africa’s great modernists and the city of his life
No African is a foreigner in Africa – except down in South Africa
In sorrow over the way migrants are treated in South Africa, Achille Mbembe calls for Africa to adopt a pro-migration stance
The great riddance
Security now matters more than freedom in the increased ‘bordernisation’ of Europe which renders those seeking refuge subhuman and vulnerable
The age of humanism is ending
The divergence of democracy and capital will defy reason and politics will become brutal survivalism.
Rule of property versus rule of the poor?
After a decade of self-congratulation, SA is coming to a triple realisation that is exacting a heavy toll on its psyche, writes Achille Mbembe.
Fanon’s nightmare, our reality
New forms of social apartheid and structural destitution have replaced the old colonial divisions, writes <b>Achille Mbembe</b>.
