Being a kid during the anti-apartheid movement meant learning, in real time, that the oppression of Black people was global. Akiba Solomon gives thanks for the joy and lightness that the father of South African jazz brought to an intense international struggle.
“The Daily Show” host and “The Breakfast Club’s” Charlamagne Tha God both faced criticism from people who say they indulged the conservative pundit’s anti-Black perspective.
South Africa is the center of world this week, kicking off the first-ever World Cup Games on the African continent. But as the cameras pan across green fields and lavish festivities, labor activists are keeping their eye on the ball.
