Essay 13: South African Veldskool History
Long before classrooms, people learned from the land itself. This essay recovers that pedagogy.
June 11, 2026
Long before classrooms, people learned from the land itself. This essay recovers that pedagogy.
June 11, 2026
Many people associate Christianity primarily with Europe. This essay recovers its African origins.
June 11, 2026
International Relations as a discipline was built to explain a world ordered by European power — and still carries those assumptions.
June 11, 2026
Most people are taught to trust knowledge. This essay asks: whose knowledge, and in whose service?
June 11, 2026
When African nations achieved independence, a new class inherited colonial structures rather than dismantling them.
June 11, 2026
When people hear the word violence, they usually think of physical harm. Fanon saw much further.
June 11, 2026
Who controls the past controls the future — and who controls the present controls the past.
June 11, 2026
One of the most difficult things for any human being to do is change their mind — especially about history.
June 11, 2026
Long before social media algorithms, Hollywood was shaping how the world saw colonised peoples.
June 11, 2026
Most people believe they arrive at their opinions independently. This essay examines how media shapes that illusion.
June 11, 2026