Detail from Rembrandt van Rijn’s painting Two African Men. Sailko/The Mauritshuis/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY
by Caroline Fowler, Williams College
The so-called golden age of Dutch painting...
European explorers named the continent, not Africans. Ipsumpix/Corbis Historical/Getty Images
by Jonathan O. Chimakonam, University of Pretoria
Should African people be called black – or is the...
Beatrice Chebet wins gold in the 10,000 metre event for Kenya. Christian Petersen/Getty Images
by Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Stephen F. Austin State University
Kenya topped Africa’s...
A 1982 Afrikaner cultural festival in Pretoria. Paul Weinberg/Wits University Press
by Neil Roos, University of Fort Hare
In South Africa, apartheid was a divisive political system...
Eugen Sandow stopped in South Africa on a world tour. Wellcome Collection/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY
by Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University
Eugen Sandow was an internationally famous...
Winnie Madikizela Mandela and Nelson Mandela were mythologized for the greater good. Shawn Walker/Getty Images
by Jonny Steinberg, Yale University
Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg’s 2023...
