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One of the first exhibits at the Durban  Holocaust and Genocide Centre explains the origin of the word "genocide." PHOTO: MAXIMILLIAN MURPHY

South African Holocaust and genocide centers aim to promote awareness, reflection

Cara Santilli, Copy Chief August 9, 2025

DURBAN, South Africa – At the Durban Holocaust and Genocide Centre, visitors are invited to bear witness to the lives of victims of genocides that span continents and centuries.  The center, which...

Eve Fairbanks, an American author and journalist who now lives in Johannesburg, discusses her 2022 book, “The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning" July 6 at De Baba Eatery in the Melville neighborhood of Johannesburg. PHOTO: FINNEGAN CROWLEY/THE HAWK

Q&A with Eve Fairbanks

Cara Santilli, Copy Chief July 10, 2025

Eve Fairbanks, 42, is an American journalist and author based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Originally from Virginia, Fairbanks moved to South Africa in 2009 after working as a political writer for The...

Ad Hawk: Gaza: Live-streamed genocide

Ad Hawk: Gaza: Live-streamed genocide

Isra Yazicioglu February 21, 2024

The world has been watching a live-streamed genocide in Gaza for 130 days. Despite the media blackout Israel tried to impose, the world has been witnessing daily and hourly sheer destruction of lives...

Celebrating genocide

Celebrating genocide

Dumonde Slam Dunkley November 5, 2019

What fall holidays mean for Native culture As the moon begins to bring cold winds, the ground is slowly decorated by hues of reds, browns and oranges. We gravitate closer to one another almost instinctively...

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