The country is still a very different political space. It’s a noisy democracy with a free media, lots of dissenting voices, and insulting the government doesn’t...
Russia is trying to normalise an international order where might makes right. And democracy and respect for human rights are optional.
Mark Ngwazi inherited a Sungura songbook which depended a little too much on folk wisdom and flat moralising. Humour, wordplay and counterintuitive observation could be Ngwazi’s...
Mbeki has successfully transitioned from being an old horse of South Africa’s governing ANC to a highly venerated and in-demand African elder statesman.
Carl Terver spoke with the poet and writer Kelvin Kellman who recently concluded a residency as a James Currey fellow in Oxford University.
