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Academic

‘Thinking while black’—Read Grace A Musila’s essay from the award-winning book Black Academic Voices: The South African Experience

July 3, 2020December 21, 2020The JRB10 Comments on ‘Thinking while black’—Read Grace A Musila’s essay from the award-winning book Black Academic Voices: The South African Experience

‘How do we craft a healthy, dignified blackness, in a world where blackness is a captured identity location that needs…

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Book excerpts

Read ‘What Does It Mean To Be African?’ by Afua Hirsch, from the new anthology New Daughters of Africa

August 5, 2019February 6, 2020The JRB1 Comment on Read ‘What Does It Mean To Be African?’ by Afua Hirsch, from the new anthology New Daughters of Africa

In celebration of Women’s Month, The JRB presents a series of excerpts from New Daughters of Africa. Edited by Margaret…

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Africa

Ta-Nehisi Coates is not the voice of black people: Kibo Ngowi considers the cult of intersectionality

February 5, 2018February 16, 2018Kibo Ngowi2 Comments on Ta-Nehisi Coates is not the voice of black people: Kibo Ngowi considers the cult of intersectionality

Ta-Nehisi Coates is not the voice of black people—and, crucially, neither does he aspire to be, writes Kibo Ngowi. We…

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