Debunking the colonial myth of the "naked Bushman": Naron women and children wearing ordinary dress - the photograph was taken in 1919. Fourie collection/ Museum AfricaTo dress is a unique human experience, but practices and meanings of dress are as different as the people populating the world. In a Western cultural tradition, the practice of dressing “properly” has for … [Read more...] about Debunking the colonial myth of the “naked Bushman” | The Conversation
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Kenya and Somalia row over offshore rights is rooted in the carve up of Africa | The Conversation
Kenya and Somalia row over offshore rights is rooted in the carve up of Africa: Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (second left) and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta (second right). EPA-EFE/Daniel IrunguThe borderlines separating Kenya and Somalia were first drawn in the late 19th century. Like everywhere else on the continent, this was the work of cartographers working … [Read more...] about Kenya and Somalia row over offshore rights is rooted in the carve up of Africa | The Conversation
South Africa is failing the rights of children to education and health | The Conversation
South Africa is failing the rights of children to education and health: Children who aren't South African citizens struggle to access affordable health and education. ShutterstockIs South Africa regularly denying children their right to access education as well as health care on the grounds either of petty bureaucracy or by a misinterpretation of the country’s laws and … [Read more...] about South Africa is failing the rights of children to education and health | The Conversation
South Africa gets help tracking down social media predators ahead of poll | The Conversation
South Africa gets help tracking down social media predators ahead of poll: A man makes his mark in South Africa's general elections on May 7, 2014. EPA/Ihsaan HaffejeeCan South Africa really hold a general election on the 8th of May in a way that it really represents the views of its people? One might have thought this was an academic question. The Electoral Commission of … [Read more...] about South Africa gets help tracking down social media predators ahead of poll | The Conversation
Revival of Afrikaans anti-apartheid paper is good news. But change is in order | The Conversation
Revival of Afrikaans anti-apartheid paper is good news. But change is in order: Editor Max du Preez with one of the early editions of Vrye Weekblad. @klyntji/TwitterFor a generation of Afrikaans-speaking South Africans the relaunch of the alternative weekly Vrye Weekblad (1988-1994), brought a whiff of nostalgia. Its readers remember the publication (first a newspaper, then a … [Read more...] about Revival of Afrikaans anti-apartheid paper is good news. But change is in order | The Conversation
