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Doha Debates PodcastDo race-based policies create a more equitable world?Dozens of countries have implemented race-based policies, which factor race into hiring decisions or school admissions, in an effort to address historical traumas. Critics say that affirmative action and similar policies are counterproductive. Is it time to consider color-blind policies instead?Thandiwe Ntshinga, South African author and researcher, says it’s important to have policies that address the inequalities historically marginalized groups face in today’s world. She argues that the backlash to these policies is a result of white supremacy and a fear of losing power. Magatte Wade, Senegalese entrepreneur and prosperity activist, says that race-based poli...2024-04-3039 min
The BookendThe Bookend with Thandiwe NtshingaIn the 9th episode of The Bookend, we welcome the South African writer Thandiwe Ntshinga, a researcher, anthropologist, poultry farmer and the author of Black Racist Bitch: How Social Media Reveals South Africa's Unfinished Work on Race. Get reading with us. For requests, features and suggestionsfollow on Instagram @thebook.end 2024-01-1836 min
Open Book FestivalBlack and Female
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Lebohang Masango, Thandiwe Ntshinga and Sue Nyamnjoh talk to Dela Gwala about navigating postcolonial [...]2023-11-1459 min
Foreignness and FriendshipConversation #9: Polo Moji & Laura Nkola-Wenz (Cape Town, South Africa), Open Book Festival 2023 (English)Mapping Literary Cities - or the return of geography During Open Book Festival in September 2023 in Cape Town we had a conversation about the cross disciplinary “African Literary Cities Project” with Polo Moji and Laura Nkola-Wenz from African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. For a general reportage from the festival in Cape Town we recommend listening to a previous episode of our radio show. In the conversation they are referring to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and questioning the network critically. After the conversation with Laura and Polo we introd...2023-10-2942 min
Life HappensLESSONS FROM THIS GENERATION OF YOUTHBlack Lives Matter (BLM) Solidarity SA took to Constitutional Hill on Sunday to hold a vigil against the murder of black people. "For us, black trauma is borderless. The African Americans I know supported the struggle in apartheid - they understood black suffering; their suffering is our suffering," lead organiser Thandiwe Ntshinga said. Guest:THANDIWE NTSHINGA2020-06-1609 min