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In this episode of Critical South Professor Lawrence Hamilton talks to Professor Amilcar Pereira about the history of racism, the anti-racism movement and the fight against the myth of racial democracy in Brazil.

They talk about the importance of the political struggle to transform society, touching on a wide range of events, ideas and thinkers including Amílcar Cabral as an educator of the revolution and how he influenced Paulo Freire.

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For the first time since the dawn of democracy in South Africa 30 years ago, the African National Congress has lost its majority, forcing the liberation party to enter a coalition for it to rule the country.
In this episode Professors Lawrence Hamilton and Susan Booysen have an in-depth discussion about the 2024 election results, how these results came about, how the country got to the junction of a government of national unity and what this means for South Africa.
And in our political agenda feature, we unpack terror charges that the Indian government levelled at noted author Arundhati Roy and retired law professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain for comments they made 14 years ago.

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How has Narendra Modi survived as India's Prime Minister since 2014? And how will he last beyond India's current 2024 elections?
In this episode of Critical South we trace the political trajectory of Modi as Professor Lawrence Hamilton has a one-on-one with Professor Sanjay Ruparelia from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Ruparelia draws some parallels between Modi's party and the African National Congress in South Africa and talks about castes, class and voting ability in the largest democracy in the world.
And in our slice of the political agenda, Political Studies scholar Moshibudi Motimele looks at whether the results of the recent elections in South Africa matter beyond the infrastructure collapse in the country.