Sedick Isaacs The unsung anti-apartheid hero
Incarcerated for 13 years in the notorious Robben Island prison, Dr Sedick Isaacs was one of the intellectual powerhouses of the fight against apartheid. His …
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Mo Farah ‘Running into history’
Mo Farah has run into history. Black history? British history? Athletics history? Let’s just say – he has run into history. Clayton Goodwin reports on …
South Africa 100 years of landless blacks
The Land Act of 1913 is the root of all the poverty in South Africa. Starting from 1652 when Dutch settlers landed on the southern …
Rebel with a cause
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (pictured) is acknowledged as a titan of African music. Few people knew him better than his friend and business manager Rikki Stein, who …
Democracy and legitimacy in Africa
The time has come for Africa to stand up together and fight with one voice the attempts by the metropolitan powers to dictate who is …
Mozambique: A history of struggle
The story of Southern Africa’s liberation movements, from both colonialism and apartheid, is complex and intertwined. Mozambique was just one part of the jigsaw but, …