Maya Schkolne

Sep 20, 2023 | africasacountry.com | Maya Schkolne |Julie MacArthur |Dan Mafora

On September 13, Panyaza Lesufi, the Premier of the Gauteng Province in South Africa, announced the terms of reference for a commission of inquiry to probe the mortal fire in the Usindiso building in Marshalltown, Johannesburg, that killed 77 people, and left others injured and homeless on August 31. Once a central “pass office” under Apartheid, it was used to regulate the movement of black people from the designated self-governing Bantustans (“Homelands”) into white South Africa.

May 7, 2023 | africasacountry.com | Brahim El Guabli |Rachel Etter-Phoya |Sheila Collins |Maya Schkolne

Today, Amazigh Studies spans the countries of Tamazgha as well as Amazigh Diasporas in Europe and the Americas. This spurs trenchant questions about methodologies and the boundaries of the Amazigh space itself. Despite its depth and the breadth, Amazigh Studies is still at pains to find its place in Anglophone academia. Anglophone academia continues to approach the Tamazgha through the lens of Middle Eastern and Francophone Studies.