- Africa: Cultural Appropriation - When 'Borrowing' Becomes Exploitation
Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 The idea of "cultural appropriation" has recently entered mainstream debates about the ways in which African cultural creations are used, borrowed and imitated by others. In fashion, art, music and beyond, some people now argue that certain African cultural symbols and products are off-limits to non-Africans.
- The Arc of Justice and the Long Run
Hope, History, and Unpredictability Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 North American cicada nymphs live underground for 17 years before they emerge as adults. Many seeds stay dormant far longer than that before some disturbance makes them germinate. Sometimes cause and effect are centuries apart; sometimes Martin Luther Kings arc of the moral universe that bends toward justice is so long few see its curve; sometimes hope lies not in looking forward but backward to study the line of that arc.
- Connexions Library: Africa Focus
Resource Type: Website Published: 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on Africa.
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