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John Matshikiza used his native Johannesburg, to which he returned after three decades of exile, as a launching pad for enquiries into the ever-shifting realities of the African experience.

Africa needs a radically different vision of its future from that on offer from the developed world. It should look to the Songhai Centre, where Godfrey Nzamujo has built that most realisable utopia, a sustainable African village. Read the rest of this post...
In the contrast between Benin’s roaring capital and the mysteries hanging round the town of Ouidah you catch the double profile of Africa today. Read the rest of this post...
Between the Atlantic and the Sahara, the teeming capital of Senegal, second home to our African columnist. A recent visit provokes thoughts of the city’s transformation, the unfinished legacy of slavery, and, inevitably, of war. Read the rest of this post...
The ears of our South African columnist are buzzing with talk of ‘black elites’ and ‘black empowerment’. But to his clear eyes, racial and social inequalities still dominate the lives of the country’s black majority. Read the rest of this post...
Ugly, formless gold rush city requires great dreamer to shape its rainbow future. Read the rest of this post...
A decade after his return from exile, and eight years on from the country’s first free election, our South Africa-based columnist looks back in wonder and forward in hope. Read the rest of this post...
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