The Quiet Protagonists
It is those of us with the most potential to propel civilisation forward who most often choose to abstain from engaging in civilisation altogether. To be fair, this abstinence from reality is usually...
View ArticleArt in a Time of Xenophobia
Out of the estimated 2.2 million immigrants living in South Africa, 46% are from Southern African Development Community (SADC) nations. As South Africa emerges from yet another spate of xenophobic...
View ArticlePortrait of the Artist as an Old Black Man
Charles Sekano is the archetypal African artist. His beard is a broken cloud of grey fluff coiled around the subdued warmth of his smile. His is the sum of all our greatest artists, with a face...
View ArticleDoodles and Beats
“Music can be called nothing other than the sister of painting, as it is subject to hearing, as sense that comes after sight, and creates harmony by combining its well-proportioned and simultaneously...
View ArticleDecolonising the African Landscape
“Broadly speaking, racial separation has long been a defining feature of South Africa’s cities. After all, the city builders who designed and constructed these places imagined them as both symbolic...
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