This year, South Africa commemorates the centenary of Afrikaans as an official language, a milestone that ought to inspire pride but instead lays bare a troubling reality. What was once a language of ...

Today marks a significant milestone in South Africa’s linguistic history—100 years since Afrikaans was officially recognised as a state language. While many celebrate this centenary, it also prompts a ...

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 ...

The three new volumes in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General History of Africa series mark a deliberate shift toward an Afrocentric reading of the ...