Culture

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Culture and the National Struggle

Culture and the National Struggle “The point is that, as (Vladimir Ilyich) Lenin pointed out, in every culture there are to be found progressive elements which can be harnessed to…

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January 29, 2026

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / Pan Africanism

Return to the Source: Remembering Amilcar Cabral

Return to the Source: Remembering Amilcar Cabral “A people who free themselves from foreign domination will be free culturally only if, without complexes and without underestimating the importance of positive…

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January 20, 2026

1943-1960 / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration

Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo: South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors

Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo: South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of a capella music,…

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September 28, 2025

1912 – 1943 / 1994 – Beyond / Biographies and Obituaries / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration

Zenzile Miriam Makeba: Mama Afrika

Zenzile Miriam Makeba: Mama Afrika “Honestly, I’m just a little old singer, I am not a politician, I’m not an economist or anything of the sort. I just wish that…

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September 23, 2025

1994 – Beyond / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism

The Power of Telling Our Own Stories

The Power of Telling Our Own Stories We are the stories we are told, and we are the stories we tell ourselves and the world. Your culture is your story.…

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September 22, 2025

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration

Culture is an essential element of the history of a people

Culture is an essential element of the history of a people Culture is simultaneously the fruit of a people’s history and a determinant of history, by the positive or negative…

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September 10, 2025

1994 – Beyond / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

Developing Our Revolutionary Heritage

Developing Our Revolutionary Heritage The Programme of the South African Communist Party: “The Road To South African Freedom” says: “The state should encourage in particular the unity of the African…

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September 5, 2025

1994 – Beyond / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration

TELLING OUR OWN STORIES, OUR HISTORY, OUR HERITAGE

TELLING OUR OWN STORIES, OUR HISTORY, OUR HERITAGE Storytelling, especially about our history, has always been at the heart of African culture and life. Through song, art, poetry, dance and…

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June 15, 2025

Quotes of inspiration

Athol Fugard: The Writer Under Apartheid

Athol Fugard: The Writer Under Apartheid (Extracts from Kader Asmal’s Sechaba Article) “Without white South Africa realizing what it has done – and on the basis of that realization having…

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March 16, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Quotes of inspiration

Arts, Culture and the Revolution

“WE CHARGE OUR CULTURAL WORKERS WITH THE TASK OF USING THEIR CRAFT TO GIVE VOICE, NOT ONLY TO GRIEVANCES, BUT ALSO TO THE PROFOUNDEST ASPIRATIONS OF THE OPPRESSED AND EXPLOITED.”…

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February 2, 2025