Rural violence is a huge problem in South Africa that deserves a strong response. But white people are not the only casualties.
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Hopefully more curators and custodians of repositories of human skeletal remains will attempt to redress some of the wrongs of the past.
Jackals appeared and established themselves in Africa in at least the last five million years. These animals have evolved and adapted to the changing environment, allowing them to survive.
Through science, art and technology, we are able to reconstruct the faces of the dead based on their remains. The researcher who did this work for descendants in Sutherland explains the process.
Sarah Baartman’s name can be elevated to the highest point of the University of Cape Town’s campus, but if her legacy isn’t built into each classroom and interaction the honour is hollow.
Histories of the North Atlantic have had a preponderant influence on scholarship about race. But, for scholars in the humanities and social sciences who study southern Africa, this is changing.
South African Visual Artist Senzeni Marasela’s work creates a tension between the narrations of public wounding and her private one.
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South African visual artist and senior lecturer of Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University, Rhodes University
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Associate professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Curator of Cenozoic Palaeontology, Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa; Honorary Research associate Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Professor at School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Research Professor, Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
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Postdoctoral fellow, Universidad de Zaragoza
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Visual/forensic artist, PhD researcher, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand