Thousands lined the streets of Cape Town Monday for the colourful annual minstrels' parade, a cornerstone of South African culture rooted in the city's history of slavery. "It is globally unique to ...

As a girl, Fatima Dulvie would spend New Year’s Day perched on the wall of her home in Cape Town’s historic District Six area in feverish anticipation of the minstrels’ parade that would pass the ...

Ashraf Kagee’s Song of the Slave Girl reimagines Cape slavery through emotion, love and loss, giving voice to histories ...

Like presidents before and after him, Fillmore was challenged by what to do about the slavery issue. At about the same time, the people of the cape, isolated somewhat from the rest of the nation by ...

Six indigo masts have sprouted on the lawn of the Cape Ann Museum Green on Poplar Street, each carrying its own “sail-quilt” interpreting the history of slavery on Cape Ann in a new exhibit running ...

Discover how Fatima Dulvie, a 77-year-old seamstress, continues the legacy of South Africa’s minstrel parade, a vibrant celebration born from the struggles of slavery.