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Research data: COLONIALISM
2020 Bernard Magubane: 'analysing the colonial situation'
Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane was a prominent academic and political activist who challenged the Eurocentric biases of sociology and anthropol...
2019 Back to black: retelling black radicalism for the 21st century
Back to Black traces the long and eminent history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism, its rich pas...
2018 On history and mythmaking in South Africa: the decolonial quest for truth(s) and relevance
In responding to Ngugi wa Thiong'o's decolonial call for 'a quest for relevance', this essay deals with the issue of removal of colonial and...
2018 Theorising the Islamic state: a decolonial perspective
In this article, I engage with the current security debate on the conceptual understanding of the Islamic State (IS). I critically evaluate ...