Douglas Foster

Douglas Foster, associate professor of journalism at Northwestern University, is the author of After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post Apartheid South Africa.

AfricaApril 1, 2016

South African President Jacob Zuma May Be Forced From Office—Will He Bring the ANC Down With Him?

For the first time since the end of apartheid, South Africans are mobilizing in large numbers across lines of race and class to protest government corruption.

Douglas Foster
Health and DiseaseSeptember 29, 2015

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It?

In a co-epidemic with HIV, it’s raging across much of the world, killing an estimated 2.6 million people in 2013.

Douglas Foster
World LeadersDecember 18, 2013

Mandela’s Last Gift

By the time of his death at age 95, South Africans were well prepared to keep his dream alive—that too is part of Nelson Mandela’s great legacy.

Douglas Foster
World LeadersDecember 6, 2013

The Meaning of Mandela

By the time of his death at age 95, South Africans were well prepared to keep his dream alive—that too is part of Nelson Mandela’s great legacy.

Douglas Foster
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Douglas Foster

AfricaApril 1, 2016

For the first time since the end of apartheid, South Africans are mobilizing in large numbers across lines of race and class to protest government corruption.

Health and DiseaseSeptember 29, 2015

In a co-epidemic with HIV, it’s raging across much of the world, killing an estimated 2.6 million people in 2013.

World LeadersDecember 18, 2013

By the time of his death at age 95, South Africans were well prepared to keep his dream alive—that too is part of Nelson Mandela’s great legacy.

World LeadersDecember 6, 2013

By the time of his death at age 95, South Africans were well prepared to keep his dream alive—that too is part of Nelson Mandela’s great legacy.

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