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Financial abuse from an intimate partner? Three ways you can protect yourself

The Conversation - June 15, 2024

Financial abuse persists when access to economic opportunities is controlled or limited by an intimate partner. Paul Taylor/Getty Images by Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra Financial abuse...

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The mother of African dance at 80. Why Senegal’s Germaine Acogny is so influential

The Conversation - May 24, 2024

Senegalese choreographer Germaine Acogny in 2022. Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images by Lliane Loots, University of KwaZulu-Natal Africa’s most celebrated dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, turns 80 on 28...

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

The Conversation - May 4, 2024

Margaret Busby in 1971 at her desk at Allison and Busby publishers. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, University of the Witwatersrand Published in...

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How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa

The Conversation - May 1, 2024

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...

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South Africa’s security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid. It’s been a rocky road to reform

The Conversation - April 23, 2024

South Africa has clearly defined mandates for the police, military and intelligence services. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images by Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria One of...

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Tutu Puoane: the South African singer on creating her new album out of Lebo Mashile’s poetry

The Conversation - April 19, 2024

Tutu Puoane’s Wrapped in Rhythm features words by poet Lebo Mashile. © Tom Vandewalle by Nomfundo Xaluva, University of Cape Town From her base in Belgium, proudly...

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Children born of rape: the devastating legacy of sexual violence in post-genocide Rwanda

The Conversation - April 16, 2024

A woman carrying a child looks at a wall in Kigali with names of the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty...

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Hage Geingob: Namibian president who played a modernizing role

The Conversation - February 4, 2024

The late Namibian president Hage Geingob. GCIS by Henning Melber, University of Pretoria Hage Gottfried Geingob served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his...

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Hollywood’s first major Black female superhero: how Wakanda Forever broke the mold

The Conversation - January 10, 2024

Letitia Wright played Shuri who became the new Black Panther. Agustin Cuevas/Getty Images for Disney by Diana Adesola Mafe, Denison University Black Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood’s...

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Sho Madjozi: the pop star using traditional culture to shape a fresh identity for young South Africans

The Conversation - October 16, 2023

Tsonga-inspired musician and writer Maya Wegerif AKA Sho Madjozi in Johannesburg. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 by Owen Seda, Tshwane University of...

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