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Blackface

What is cultural appropriation and why is it so harmful?

Magazine

What is cultural appropriation and why is it so harmful?

By Adam Haupt

He’s black in business – no, he isn’t joking, Leon Schuster has dug up Mr Bones

South Africa

He’s black in business – no, he isn’t joking, Leon Schuster has dug up Mr Bones

By Rebecca Davis

Without appropriation, art is sterile

South Africa

Without appropriation, art is sterile

By Nathan Geffen

Fifa allows fan with a blackened face into stadium, despite promises it won't be tolerated

Sport

Fifa allows fan with a blackened face into stadium, despite promises it won't be tolerated

By Antoinette Muller

Op-Ed: The grey areas of blackface

Maverick Life

Op-Ed: The grey areas of blackface

By Marelise Van Der Merwe

White folks + shoe polish = The edge of South African 'discourse'

South Africa

White folks + shoe polish = The edge of South African 'discourse'

By Richard Poplak

AfriForum Youth: the blackface protest against white exclusion

Politics

AfriForum Youth: the blackface protest against white exclusion

By Sipho Hlongwane

Analysis: AfriForum Youth's absurd black paint protest

Politics

Analysis: AfriForum Youth's absurd black paint protest

By Sipho Hlongwane