Opinion
The South African Pavilion Is Betraying Its Own History
The same government that has held Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza must revoke its culture minister’s decision to axe the Venice Biennale performance.
Rinaldo Walcott is a writer, professor and the Carl V. Granger Chair of the Department of Africana and American Studies at the University at Buffalo. He is the author of “The Long Emancipation: Moving Toward Black Freedom” (Duke, 2021).