Welcome to the 30th issue of The Funambulist! With it, we’re finishing our fifth year of publishing the magazine — and what a time to do so, amidst the global Black Lives Matter uprising! We hope that this issue dedicated to the question of Reparations can contribute in a humble way to the extremely rich conversations about strategies to adopt in the international(ist) front against settler colonialism and anti-Blackness. This issue proposes several perspectives on reparations envisioned as a response to the sustained effects of colonial slavery (Cases Rebelles), settler colonialism (Amy McQuire, Edward Halealoha Ayau, Zoé Samudzi, Tshepo Madlingozi, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay), racial and ecocidal capitalism (Linda Quiquivix), as well as structural racism in relation to the police (Patricia Nguyen) and housing (Colin Prescod). Regardless of their stance on whether the concept of reparations is a politically productive one or not, these perspectives all consider reparative models coming from the colonial state as a means for it to strengthen itself despite a simulacrum of humility and introspection.

As usual, our News from the Fronts section that opens each issue and complements the main dossier, includes articles reflecting on ongoing struggles. In this issue, we cover the history of Black music under South African Apartheid (Atiyyah Khan) and the Indigenous struggle of Nubians north of the 22nd Parallel (Menna Agha).

The cover is built on a gorgeous artwork by South African artist Pola Maneli.

Editor-in-Chief: Léopold Lambert
Editorial assistant: Caroline Honorien
Head of Strategic Outreach: Margarida Nzuzi Waco
Contributing Copy Editor: Carol Que
Proof Reader: Nadia El Hakim,

 

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COVER | MOUNTAINS iii
Pola Maneli

— NEWS FROM THE FRONTS ///
2 | BLACK MUSIC UNDER APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
Atiyyah Khan

5 | RECOGNIZING NUBIAN DISPLACIBILITY
Menna Agha

— MAIN /// REPARATIONS

8 | INTRODUCTION
Léopold Lambert

10 | REVOLUTIONARY REPARATIONS?
Cases Rebelles

16 | STOLEN CHILDREN, STOLEN WAGES, STOLEN LAND, STOLEN WEALTH: REPARATIONS FOR ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA
Amy McQuire

22 | OPEN LETTER TO SYLVIA WYNTER: UNLEARNING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JEWS FROM AFRICA
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

30 | REPARATIVE FUTURITIES: THINKING FROM THE OVAHERERO AND NAMA COLONIAL GENOCIDE
Zoé Samudzi

36 | REPARATIONS TOWARD THE END OF THE WORLD
Linda Quiquivix

40 | UNDOING COLONIALISM: 30 YEARS OF REPATRIATION OF HAWAIIAN ANCESTORS
Edward Halealoha Ayau

46 | THERE IS NEITHER TRUTH NOR RECONCILIATION IN SO-CALLED “SOUTH AFRICA”
Tshepo Madlingozi

52 | GAMING THE SYSTEM: IMAGINING JUSTIC4GRENFELL
Colin Prescod

56 | BUILDING A MONUMENTAL ANTI-MONUMENT: THE CHICAGO TORTURE JUSTICE MEMORIAL
Patricia Nguyen