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Chinua Achebe and the languages of African literature

“One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words,” thinks the colonial district commissioner...

a monumental musician who uplifted Somali life

There are many attributes that capture Somali identity, however none seem so deep and abiding as these two: constant hyper...

Black Lives Matter but slavery isn’t our only narrative

Our historical understanding of Blackness is most commonly shaped by the story of the Atlantic slave trade – the forced...

what African migrants told us about parenting in Australia

Race informs how Black parents raise their children in Australia. Our study, published in the journal Child and Family Social...

How young Black African Australians use social media to challenge anti-Black narratives and reclaim racial dignity

For Black African young people in Australia, social media can be especially fraught – a place they witness footage of...

Why migrants bring gifts from abroad. A sense of obligation and a fear of social backlash

An estimated 281 million migrants span the globe. The remittances they send home get a lot of attention from policymakers...

the surprising influence of Afrobeats music on politics

In the run-up to Nigeria’s February 2023 elections, the country’s younger generation has mobilised to demand change and redefine the...

Ethiopia’s musicians fled the country after the 1974 revolution

The overthrow of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 led to violent conflict that had a particularly heavy impact on...

new UN report reveals the extent of systemic racism faced by people of African descent in Australia

A special UN working group this week tabled its first-ever report on the experiences of people of African descent in...

How the word ‘voodoo’ became a racial slur

For decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and...

how a pioneering Ghanaian publisher put African women’s writing on the map

Published in 1992, Daughters of Africa is a groundbreaking volume of writing by women of African descent. It was followed...

Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora

When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site –...

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