Beginning of the Afro-Asian Spring?
As people of African descent renegotiate their status within the Atlantic space, it is vital that Africa’s new role with the emerging Afro-Asiatic world is also tackled head-on, writes Onyekachi Wambu.
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Human remains held in Western museums must be returned to Africa
The remains of thousands of Africans are held in Western museums. Onyekachi Wambu outlines the issues involved in returning them to their countries and communities of origin
Rhodes must fall: Why colonial symbols are loathed in Africa
In an article originally published in 2015, Baffour Ankomah looks at the successful campaign to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the University of Cape Town
Rhodes statue “asking for trouble” – Ramphele
Veteran campaigner Mamphela Ramphele, who became South Africa’s first black university VC in 1996, defended her own record on transformation while at UCT – but said that the University should have anticipated the student outcry over #RhodesMustFall.