Culture
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BLACK AESTHETICS EXISTS ON ITS OWN TERMS
The Black Aesthetics exhibition and creative discourse around it were undoubtedly one of the few significant cultural landmark and stimulating…
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Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye – The Textile Queen
Veteran Nigerian artist Nike Davies-Okundaye has made her name innovating the art of her heritage and giving other women hope…
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Don’t Die With Your Song Still Inside You
My name is Vuyi Qubeka and I am a multi-dimensional storyteller. I am a traditional healer – I am a…
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The Dazzling Gold of the Asante Kingdom, Ghana
The Asante were the most powerful of the Akan-speaking peoples who settled in the forest region of modern-day Ghana between…
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PARTICIPATION OF THE ELDERS IN THE PROCESS OF ILOBOLO
ILOBOLO is an issue between the two families. The first person who happens to know that there will be abakhongi…
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Ilobolo
The process of ukulobola, to pay the bride price in brief, is a critical stage in which the symbolic and…
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THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
1.0 INTRODUCTION African Traditional Medicine is a mainstay of primary health care for the majority inAfrica. About 80% of the…
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AFRIKAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ON THE THEME BLACK RECONCILIATION
In October 1911, in pursuit of African freedom, Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme issued a clarion call for unity among…
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EVENT:”Languaging Our Children into Existence”
AFRIKAN FAMILY DIALOGUE eBukhosini Solutions welcomes the Afrikan Family to another uplifting and practical AFRIKAN FAMILY DIALOGUE. This is part…
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Celebrating Women Artists
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART is celebrating women artists. Over the past five years, the Smithsonian museum has doubled…
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The forgotten tribe of Balobedu, also known as “The Rain Queen Kingdom”
Having one of the most respected Constitutions in the world, which guarantees equal rights for all in our country, I…
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Toni Morrison on the Power of Language
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our…
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Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa – Zulu Shaman from South Africa
I was born in Zululand on the 21st July 1921 according to my father. When my father met my mother, he had…
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Unisa in Collaboration With the Zindzi Mandela Foundation Invite You To 2019 UNISA CONVOCATION LECTURE
The University of South Africa Convocation in collaboration with the Zindzi Mandela Foundation cordially invites its Convocants and the…
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What is Xitsonga, and what does Xichangaan mean?
The recent airing of the new telenovela ‘Giyani – Land Of Blood’ on SABC 2, has sparked an important debate…
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The Pan-African Fashion initiative
The Fashionomics Africa initiative of the African Development Bank, together with the African Union, the AfroChampions initiative, and other institutional…
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History Of Nsibidi the Ancient Igbo Alphabet
The communicative system Nsibidi (also known as nsibiri, nchibiddi or nchibiddy) was prevalent in the precolonial period in the south…
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‘Black Is Beautiful’: Identity, Pride and the Photography of Kwame Brathwaite
On an evening in the early 1950s on the corner of 125th and 7th Avenue in Harlem, two teenage brothers…
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Meet Hamonia Rosales, The Artist Who Painted God As a Black Woman
“The Creation of Adam” is one of the most famous works of art ever created — and one of the…
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Bisi Silva, 56, Bold Curator of Contemporary African Art, Dies
Bisi Silva, an adventurous curator who, with her own money, founded a nonprofit art gallery and education center in Lagos,…
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Renaming South Africa: Es’kia Mphahlele with Zim Ngqawana and Lefifi Tladi
THE debate on renaming South Africa, a geographical description and not a name, has been one raging for years. Here…
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Happy Birthday Bob Marley, Born 6 February 1945
February 6, 2019 marks what would been the 74th birthday of Bob Marley. Nearly 38 years after his cancer-related death…
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Using the Beauty of Beads to Raise Issues Such as Violence and Racism
Byby VICTORIA L. VALENTINE via http://www.culturetype.com IN THE HANDS of Joyce J. Scott, the possibilities of glass beads are endless. She uses beads…
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Your Ancestry Had It’s Own Book
Your Ancestry Had It’s Own Book It just wasn’t written down, and given a name, sold, and expressed as the…
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History Of African Fabrics And Textiles
Very often, Africans are depicted on old pictures as naked people, walking around without any clothing. This seems to be quite…
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The First Sound
The first sound we hear as embryos in our mothers’ wombs, incredibly forming into humans, is the sound of the…
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Deliciously Scandalous Princess Twerks During Reed Dance
About two weeks ago I was sent a video of HRH Sikhanyiso of Swaziland dancing with some of the Swazi…
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Deana Lawson Photographed Rihanna
FANS OF RIHANNA will be thrilled to see her on another magazine cover. This latest one is photographed by Deana Lawson, a…
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Chanting On The Drumbeat
I open my eyes, at some sense of trying to hold onto something. To reality. As if, if I were…
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The meaning and importance of the Initiate Festival
The African Calendar’s Lunar Year, which has its roots in Karaism, has three very important festivals The Lunar year is…
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THE AFRICAN CALENDAR
The earliest calendars in the world were found on the African continent. This was not surprising because Africa was the…
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Aretha Opened Her Mouth & God Came Out – Rest In Power Queen Of Soul
By David Remnwick via The New Yorker Aretha Franklin’s voice was a pure, painful, and unforgettable expression of American history and…
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Yinka Shonibare Wrapped More than 200 Books in AfricanTextiles
ByVICTORIA L. VALENTINE via http://www.culturetype.com THE MOST RECENT ADDITION to the art collection at The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College…
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The Ivorian Woman Behind the Online Platform Bringing Black Art to The World
Ayoka-Deco is Alice Gbelia’s effort to make supporting young black artists easier, as well as give them a platform. Ayoka-Deco is
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From A Small Village In Limpopo To Owning An Art Gallery In Jozi At 21Yrs Old
Giggs Kgole views his 3D art collection – Yes, you need to wear 3D glasses AT 21 years old, Giggs…
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Politics of Hair
Hair is more than just an issue of hair. It speaks to identity, culture, consciousness and speaks to the history…
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African fashion boutiques are going global on Instagram and WhatsApp
This 21st century marketplace is bustling with prints, dresses, sandals and even furniture, all with a unique take on contemporary…
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‘A goldmine’: Mummies’ Secrets Uncovered In Egypt
Archaeologists find mummification workshop in the Saqqara necropolis A gilded silver mask at the dig site near the Saqqara necropolis,…
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France is preparing to return African artefacts looted in its colonial era
It has taken a generational change to finally face the question of returning looted artefacts to former European colonies. French…
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5 Literary Magazines That Have Transformed African Literature
Take a look back at these literary magazines and journals that shaped what African literature is today. “Do magazines culture?” Rajat…
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Tutu, The African Mona Lisa?
Portrait of Nigerian princess Tutu found recently in London flat after being lost for decades fetches £1.2m Tutu is what…
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We Celebrate Legendary Guitarist Phillip Tabane
By Tom Head South Africa is in mourning for one of its musical heavyweights as popular jazz artist Philip Tabane passed…
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Nigeria: Fela’s Music Can Decolonise International Law in African Universities
Photo: FelaKuti/Facebook Fela
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I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye
By TA-NEHISI COATES via http://www.theatlantic.com/ I could only have seen
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Language Is a ‘War Zone’: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Illustration by: Andy Friedman The Kenyan author discusses colonialism and abandoning English to write in his native Kikuyu. By Rohit Inani…
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South Africa in The 60s & 70s: Stories of Fun, Joy & Humiliation During The Dark Days Of Apartheid
Despite the brutal humiliation of apartheid, it could not suppress the vibrant culture which developed in the townships writes Greg Alexander…
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When Nkrumah & Sankara Land On My Desk As Gifts
THOSE of us born in January are accustomed to the no-gift birthday. It’s a time when everyone is broke from…
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African Male Initiation Rites Into Manhood – More Than INXEBA, The Wound
By Pinky Khoabane Writing in Vernac News, Nelvis Qekema says the much talked-about movie Inxeba has many distortions about African Male…
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Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds
Clockwise from top left: Danai Gurira, Jocelyn Bioh, Mfoniso Udofia and Ngozi Anyanwu. Credit Top left, Elizabeth Weinberg for The…
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‘My Daughter Demands More’: The Men Fighting Child Marriage in Lebanon
Around Lebanon, men working as peer leaders are educating other men on the damage that child marriage does to girls…
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ANGUISH LONGER THAN SORROW – Poem by Keorapetse Kgositsile
Comrade Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile, affectionately known as Bra Willie, died last week after undergoing surgery for circulatory problems. He was…
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ANC PAYS TRIBUTE TO WRITER, ACTIVIST AND NATIONAL POET LAUREATE KEORAPETSE KGOSITSILE
The African National Congress (ANC) lowers its revolutionary banner in mourning on the passing of the internationally renowned writer, activist…
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Why the Documentary Must Not Be Allowed to Die
By John Pilger I first understood the power of the documentary during the editing of my first film, The Quiet…
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Apartheid Grand Corruption
Apartheid grand corruption Assessing the scale of crimes of profit from 1976 to 1994 A report prepared by civil society…
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Zapiro needs to be raped to understand rape
By Pinky Khoabane Cartoonist Zapiro whose real name is Jonathan Shapiro needs to be raped, hopefully by a gang, to…
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What makes an African Writer?
By Pinky Khoabane Chinua Achebe and Nelson Mandela In the course of doing the African literature project in which she…
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CULTURE: Gcina Mhlophe – The Dancer
My daughter studies African literature and in this week, she’s looking at how modern poets have adopted African traditional poetry and…
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Fake News About “Fake News”
An interesting piece from Media Lens on the manufactured phenomenon of “fake news”. Long but well worth it. In the…
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Manufacturing reality has been the only goal of commercial media
By Pinky Khoabane, catch her on Twitter @pinkykhoabane The term fake news has become the buzz-word following Hillary Clinton’s defeat…
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Where are media freedom advocates in Motale’s case?
One of our readers, Khothatso says…It’s all silence from our proponents of free speech and media freedom when it comes…
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Made in Time – a theatrical piece that lifts the lid on battles of women in biblical times
MADE IN TIME… Is a Powerful & Unique Retelling of Five Stories from Women in the Bible Coming to The…
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No economic freedom in sight for blacks
Twenty-two years on, black South Africans don’t control any industry. Mxolisi kaNkomonde breaks it down…. The average South African worker wakes…
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My breasts, My Baby, My Business
Since time immemorial, breasts, for Africans were a source of food for the growing baby and nothing else. Unlike in…
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Ruperts, Mike Brown and the “forged” Mandela book
Billionaire Johann Rupert and his wife saw the original manuscript of Mandela with Love by Jan Willem (JV) Esterhuyse, which…
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