Books & ideas

Decolonizing Philosophy

Ernst Wolff — 2017-05-15T07:00:00Z

Behind the violent debates that have shaken up South African universities, it is the whole legacy of colonialism and of the apartheid era that is at stake. This allows Ernst Wolff to question the status of contemporary African philosophy.

The Bigger Picture

Vanina Géré — 2014-04-17T07:20:21Z

Conrad Botes and Anton Kannemeyer are two important figures in contemporary political art. Visual artists as well as co-writers of the comics Bitterkomix, these two South-African artists came of age in the early days of Post-Apartheid South-Africa. In the following interview, we discover among other things how their art evolved from a scathing social satire against race issues in South Africa to a more global criticism of racism, political interference and military violence.

Freedom as Anxiety

Juliette Galonnier — 2012-11-14T07:19:54Z

Almost two decades after the end of apartheid, South Africa still displays high levels of racial segregation. Studying the South African Indian minority, Thomas Blom helps us understand why maintaining boundaries with other groups has become crucial to individuals' attempts at reimagining themselves in a new free and uncertain society.