Sunday, 26 May 2019
The Rwandan genocide was among the most shocking events of the 20th century. In this extract, Philip Gourevitch recounts the roles played by the media and the French state.
An interview with Ahmed Abu Artema, one of the founders of the Great March of Return that sees Gazans demonstrating peacefully every Friday for an end to the Occupation.
Mohale Mashigo’s stories are parables for South Africa’s present and future as the author shows us worlds filled with the zombified, the mutilated and the disenfranchised.
The mother of five has taken a winding path to the DA, littered with disillusionment and struggle, learning the skills required to be a councillor along the way.
In this week’s cartoon by Carlos, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi prepares for a long reign, with the help of a tame national parliament that has voted to amend the constitution to allow him to rule until 2030.
The investigation into the murder of the black, bisexual city councillor keeps bumping up against the most powerful people in Brazil – such as President Jair Bolsonaro.
April 22 marks the bicentenary of the attack on the British garrison in Grahamstown, led by warrior-prophet, Makhanda, in whose honour the town has now been renamed.
The Hirak in Algeria is made up of citizens from all walks of life who are united in the desire to topple the old regime, all its high-ranking officials and associated oligarchs.
Dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson wrote anthems for the working-class black immigrant population in 1980s Britain, a generation enraged by oppressive politics and brutal policing.
The task of looking after mentally ill adult relatives is a daily challenge many families face alone or with little help, particularly in rural areas.
With sales of about 5 000 copies and nine print runs, Koleka Putuma’s ‘accessible and compelling’ anthology of poems is bucking the global trend of poetry selling in small numbers.
Eric Hobsbawm wasn’t just a historian of the 20th-century communist movement: he was part of it.
Nigel Gibson returns to philosopher and writer Raya Dunayevskaya’s book and is inspired anew by her challenge to activists to think beyond activism, and by Marx’s humanism.
Some Notre Dame residents with long memories mourn the devastation of the cathedral.
As the world’s largest democracy goes to the ballot booths, at stake is whether India becomes an authoritarian Hindu nation or a diverse and equal country.
Hester van der Walt, who came from a poor Afrikaans background, experiences a social and sexual awakening as she finds love and political fervour in the shadow of apartheid.
Historian Robin DG Kelley envisions Freedom Space, a liberated zone where people play, debate and dream. Limited only by our imaginations, it represents a new, cooperative world.
The mother of the youngest victim in the Ellis Park disaster recollects that tragic day and continues her call for the PSL to do more to honour the 43 people who lost their lives.
In this week’s cartoon by Carlos, the ghost of Muammar Gaddafi pops down to Nkandla to discuss his missing millions with Jacob Zuma.
Hlaudi Motsoeneng arrived late, in a very strange outfit, and didn’t make that much sense when addressing the members of his new African Content Movement party at its launch in Durban.
A history of local conflict resolution in one of South Africa’s oldest townships has been taken up by a council of traditional healers. Their next struggle is for recognition.