Who was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
Staff
December 4, 2025
In the last decades of his life, Luthuli was silenced and persecuted.
Tag: South Africa
Detty December started as a Nigerian cultural moment. Now it’s spreading across the continent—and minting money
Staff
July 5, 2025
Locals and diasporic West Africans returning from overseas come together to create Detty December.
Koyo Kouoh—tribute to a curator who fiercely promoted African art
Staff
May 18, 2025
Kouoh had been announced as the first African woman to curate the internationally renowened Venice Biennale in 2026.
Culture can build a better world: four key issues on Africa’s G20 agenda
Staff
April 16, 2025
The G20 culture agenda addresses heritage restitution, socio-economic strategies for inclusivity, digital technologies, and climate action.
Brenda Fassie’s 1997 hit song “Vulindlela” still raises questions about South Africa as a nation
Staff
August 24, 2024
Fassie rebelled through fashion, language, sexuality, and even through an often childlike nature that can be seen in her performances.
Izikhothane: a deeper history of a South African youth subculture where luxury items are trashed
Staff
November 27, 2023
There’s no consensus about when izikhothane emerged, but there’s reason to believe the ukukhothana subculture can be traced back to 2005,
Ubuntu offers lessons in how to treat people with disabilities—a study of Bomvana rituals
Staff
November 12, 2023
Ubuntu is an African philosophy that promotes the common good of society and includes humaneness; each person is an integral part of society.
Past posting in Cape Town informs Dutch consul-general Sebastiaan Messerschmidt’s insights into King’s apology for slavery
Charlie Smith
August 15, 2023
In his July 1 apology, King Willem-Alexander praised those who resisted slavery in Dutch colonies around the world.
Umlungu: the colourful history of a word used to describe white people in South Africa
Staff
August 8, 2023
A lecturer at Nelson Mandela University says that “umlungu” demonstrates how the meaning of a word can change to reflect a changing society.
Who was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
Staff
December 4, 2025
Koyo Kouoh—tribute to a curator who fiercely promoted African art
Staff
May 18, 2025
Culture can build a better world: four key issues on Africa’s G20 agenda
Staff
April 16, 2025
Izikhothane: a deeper history of a South African youth subculture where luxury items are trashed
Staff
November 27, 2023
Ubuntu offers lessons in how to treat people with disabilities—a study of Bomvana rituals
Staff
November 12, 2023
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.