A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond: On Wednesday a woman in South Africa is doing someone's hair backstage at the Miss Freedom Day competition in Soweto ...

Today exactly 23 years ago, South Africans voted in the country's first democratic election -- a day we celebrate on Freedom Day ... sworn in as president of the Republic of South Africa. PHOTO: Getty ...

During this pioneering conference, African leaders proposed the creation of an "African Freedom Day", laying the foundations ...

Also on Monday, Afrikaner communities gather and perform a folk dance called the Volkspele to mark South Africa's annual Heritage Day. ..the event is rooted in migrant Zulu culture from the 1950s ...

2016-08-21T06:00:16-04:00https ... freedom through the lens of economics, marriage, and citizenship. This was part of a three-day conference, titled “The Future of the African American Past ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the ... profit community service in South Africa on Sunday. It's all part of celebrations on the final day of Ramadan. LUC GNAGO / REUTERS As ...

No playing of countless clips from our freedom fighters, no images of that glorious day. Where are the images of Mandela, Mbeki and De Klerk, where are the symbols of a new South Africa?

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) — Freedom Day celebrates the history and legacy of Harriet Tubman and the African American ...

South Africa’s annual Freedom Day celebrations have been marred by recent fatal xenophobic attacks, as a Nandos advert satirising anti-immigrant sentiments has found new poignancy and gone viral.

Today exactly 23 years ago, South Africans voted in the country's first democratic election -- a day we celebrate on Freedom Day ... sworn in as president of the Republic of South Africa. PHOTO: Getty ...