
Mazwai does it for Masekela
Thandiswa Mazwai channels the process, dynamic and spirit of Hugh Masekela as she and his band effortlessly tie together notes and strands from past and present.
Thandiswa Mazwai channels the process, dynamic and spirit of Hugh Masekela as she and his band effortlessly tie together notes and strands from past and present.
For Nakhane, the Nobel Laureate’s books bring humanity to trauma and humour to the oppressed, representing, for the first time in high art, his family, his situation, his life.
The prizewinning writer lives on through the writers she has inspired, who were once the readers she held enthralled.
Xenophobia is festering in South Africa, stoked by the actions of the state itself. How do we stop violence against migrants? The thoughts and words of the late Toni Morrison can help.
In death, the woman who through her novels and nonfiction assumed the centrality of the black experience compels us to seek out the richness of meaning through careful, precise writing.