Uncovering Edinburgh Rethinking Race and Empire in Scotland
UncoverED, a student-led research project at Edinburgh University, is the latest iteration of an ongoing effort to challenge and re-shape Scotland’s understanding of race and empire.
Culture & Society
National Belonging and Social Integration Race and Migration in Mozambique
As a majority-black but multi-racial society, Mozambique’s nationalist rhetoric espouses full political equality of citizens of all racial groups; social integration, however, for both new and old immigrants (and their non-binary descendants) is still individually negotiated.
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement
In the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa, images were used as weapons against the oppressive government to attack the injustices of the system.
Odunsi the Engine’s ‘rare.’ Authenticity and the Alté Lineage in Nigerian Pop Culture
In his debut album, rare., Odunsi and his collaborators re-articulate an African creative philosophy of being many things at the same time.
From Glamour Girls to Nolly Babes Nollywood Nostalgia and the Modern Nigerian Woman
Social media feeds featuring compelling visuals of old Nollywood are increasingly becoming sources of inspiration for female artists in Nigeria.
Is There No Humanity in Africa? Rethinking Africa in Three Stories
The popular imagination seems to hold that the erasure of Africa’s humanity by the outside world began with a loud and thunderous crash. It did not.
White Extinction: Who Gives a Damn? The Case for a Common-Sense Rainbow
Far too often, because of the sheer bulk of mass media, being white has been defined as what it is to be ‘White in America’ or ‘White in Britain.’
The Elephant in the China Shop Race in Sino-African Relations
The long history of Sino-African relations would not be complete without a reference to Zheng He. Zheng He was a fourteenth-century admiral who completed severa... Read More...
I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness
How would one describe America now? How could one? To do so is as much an exercise in contradiction as self-incrimination. From which stories, which facts, whic... Read More...
The Blacker the Berry Race and the Devaluation of Black Lives in America
Three books explain how America's construction of race continues to drive the devaluation of black lives in modern American society.