Editor's note

Tanzania has the highest prevalence of albinism in the world and the largest recorded number of attacks on people living with the condition. But as Jean Burke writes, a number of recent projects involving music, art, dance and film, are making a positive difference in the lives of Tanzanians with albinism.

Having just emerged from a severe drought, Cape Town faces another tough set of water restrictions. David Olivier explains that the city will get residents to cut their water use only if it is able to convince them of three things: that the restrictions are equal to the severity of the drought; that no one is getting away with wasting water; and that there’s no favouritism.

Charles Leonard

Arts & Culture Editor

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Thereza Phinias, a musician who is part of the Tanzania Albinism Collective. Marilena Delli

African voices raised in support of people with albinism

Jean Burke, Australian Catholic University

Singing, music, films and dances are crucial in promoting and protecting the human rights of Africans with albinism.

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Education

  • Khanya College: a South African story of decolonisation

    Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Aarhus University; Lene Møller Madsen, University of Copenhagen; Rajani Naidoo, University of Bath

    Khanya College's curriculum was quite different from the one taught at other universities of the time. Its students studied oral African literature and history alongside Western literature.

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