insert_link Africa Podcasts bring southern Africa’s liberation struggle to life – thanks to an innovative new audio archive By Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of Oxford Much has been written about the struggles for liberation in southern Africa that took place between the 1960s and early 1990s in countries such as Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. This period of history has been transcribed, interpreted and written about in books, academic monographs and colonial treatises. But the sounds and voices these wars and conflicts produced have […] todayAugust 12, 2024 18
insert_link Africa Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian citizenship reflects long-standing links between African Americans and the continent By Nemata Blyden, University of Virginia There’s a long history of African Americans settling in Ghana or keeping in close contact with the first African country to gain independence. This relationship has most recently been exemplified by musician Stevie Wonder taking up Ghanaian citizenship. Ghana, which gained independence in 1957, became a beacon for African Americans disenchanted with their country’s racial problems. Ghana’s first prime […] todayJune 3, 2024 7