“In our land the law of the nation reigns supreme.” (Mazisi Kunene) Francis Cress Welsing argues that “if you don’t understand white supremacy, everything else that you think you know, will only confuse you”. In implicit agreement with this fundamental argument, Wade Nobles further […]
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[Azania Rising] Three decades since the official demise of apartheid, South Africa remains wedded to a system where political freedom conceals enduring economic servitude. The democratic turning point of 1994 celebrated globally as giving birth to the “Rainbow Nation” promised liberation—but delivered an orchestrated compromise. […]
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By Masilo Lepuru “Power is the ability to define reality and to impose it on other people as if it is their own definition” (Wade Nobles) Systems of domination are based on ideas. This is because power “begins at the level of formulation […]
history politics
The discourse on language preference is an on-going one and is particularly widespread in this month tied with the events of 1976 – not that at other times the issue of language is completely neglected. Bhiyoza Publishers takes the challenge to make indigenous languages a […]
philosophy politics
By Nancy Monnya Inspired by Binyavanga Wainaina, the Kenyan writer who passed on recently Remembering one of his most powerful pieces “How to Write About Africa” – A satire about Africa How to Write About Africa Because you are so tired of the […]
opinion politics
“Through a vision I saw nations emerging from the ocean. Once as the sea lay calm, throwing off only trembling waves. A strange race emerged from the ocean… He reported to the Assembly: O my lord, the country is infested with bad bugs. We have […]
history politics
“How can he be considered great, since he has been a philosopher for so long and has never yet disturbed anybody? (Nietzsche in Untimely Meditations, p 194) “…it is only by means of the common characteristic of being German that we can avert the downfall […]
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“A people who lose their historical memory becomes a very fragile people. They regress. It is historical memory that permits them to be a strong people”. (Cheikh Anta Diop, in Great African Thinkers) “Black people reject this… it is a solution given to us […]
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