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In South Africa “umlungu” is a word that’s commonly used to refer to white people. It comes from isiXhosa, the language of the country’s Xhosa people. It’s always been a mystery how the word ...

South Africa today -- The first South Africans, 4 million B.C.E.-1488 C.E. -- European invasion, 1488-1795 -- The British and the Cape Colony, 1795-1870 -- African states, Afrikaner republics, and ...

Tara Moore’s “Legacy: The De-Colonized History of South Africa,” which opens the 45th edition of the Durban Intl. Film Festival on July 18, is the South African-born, U.S.-based actor and filmmaker’s ...

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What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

On his first visit to the United States in June 1990 following his release from Robben Island prison, Nelson Mandela spoke at a townhall meeting at the City College of New York. 1 During the event, ...

In tonight’s edition: UNESCO has released three new volumes of its General History of Africa. Meanwhile, South Africa’s Madlanga Commission continues its investigation into damning allegations of ...

A day after 59 white South Africans were welcomed to America as refugees, more than 86,000 South African farmers — who are mostly white — are gathering this week at the NAMPO Harvest Day trade fair, ...

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show with Part 2 of my recent interview with the reporter Chris McGreal, who was the Johannesburg correspondent ...

Not only is it a reach to equate Nikole Hannah-Jones’ award-winning journalism project to the field of legal scholarship pioneered by civil rights activist and law professor Derrick Bell, if one were ...