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Creeping out of Madiba's shadow »

Paul Nugent

On 11 February South Africa marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela from Victor Verster prison. The image of Nelson and Winnie Mandela walking away from the facility - hand in hand and with their clenched fists in the air - are amo...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Paul Nugent | Read more »

White kids talkin' like they're black »

It is October 1979, and the shelves of music stores across America are being stacked with the sound of the Sugahill Gang reciting the lines, ‘I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you don’t stop…’ in rhyt...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Eloise Nutbrown | Read more »

Leading black figures condemn NUS reforms ahead of vote »

D. Lawrence

The recent decision by the National Union of Students (NUS) to ratify the new constitution has been taken amid a backdrop of controversy over the union's handling of racial equality. Concerns have been raised by a small group of black students who fee...

Wed 28 Jan 2009 by Rebecca Sibbett | Read more »

Lammy calls for more black students »

"Too many UK universities"

The minister of state for higher education has called for more black school pupils to continue their education at university. At an Oxford University conference on Monday 27 October 2008 David Lammy told his audience that the number of black students ...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Abi Buglass | Read more »

No Obama for Britain, says Phillips »

Barack Obama

The historic election of Senator Obama to the Oval Office last Tuesday overturned 250 years of racial injustice and inequality in the United States. In Britain it has sparked debate across party lines about when Britain will follow suit and elect a bla...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Ross Melton | Read more »

US voting intentions promise 'post-racial world' »

Barak Obama

A Gallup/Washington Post poll published in The Guardian earlier this month has suggested that US voters are overwhelmingly ready to elect an African-American as president. Charting the views of white voters from both parties, the poll suggests views ha...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

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Stand up for Stanhope

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My my Delilah

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