Africa

The Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape

Introduction In the years following 1994, South Africa has become well known for its culturally diverse population an...

Book review: ‘We are no longer in France by Allison Drew’ reviewed by Pierre-Jean Le Foll-Luciani

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Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011

In the last few years we have walked this road with greater frequency, marching in the procession to bid farewell to the...

Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015

The Reverend Michael Scott was born on 30 July 1907 at Lowfield Heath Sussex, the youngest of three brothers.  In 1...

ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015

ABOUT two years ago, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba found himself facing an angry television audience at a recordin...

UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Voicing Slavery: Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Mary Prince Professor, 18 October 2011

Cosatu march: For Who, for What? by Simelane and Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 8 October 2015

At 9:00 on Wednesday morning, only a few people in union T-shirts sat in the shade in Johannesburg's Mary Fitzgerald...

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court by signatories, 17 July 1998

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London Agreement by The United Nations, 8 August 1945

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Constitutive Act of the African Union adopted by the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government, 11 July 2000, Lome, Togo

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The International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’

ICC Origins In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945) the international community recognised the need to dea...

Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 - Epigraph by Luli Callinicos

From the book: Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos

Nelson Mandela: Father of the Nation - Quiz

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Nelson Mandela: Father of the Nation

Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa.  Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, whi...

Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 - Acknowledgements by Luli Callinicos

From the book: Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos