Conjuring Soft Magic With Storyteller Upile Chisala
“Growing up, I never read books by black women,” the Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala told an audience at the Sandton Exclusive Books on Wednesday...
Beauty Bias, And The Creation Of Pretty Privilege
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Let’s be frank: the more attractive society perceives you to be, the more social and economic opportunities you will have. There are many names...
Competing Petitions Launched Following Zodwa Wabantu’s Anti-Gay Rant
Following the outcry by the queer community to get Zodwa Wabantu’s reality TV show cancelled in response to the reality star’s homophobic and transphobic...
5 Reason We Love Halle Bailey As The Little Mermaid
If you haven’t heard by now (where have you been?), the Disney classic, The Little Mermaid is being rebooted as a live-action adaptation and...
Airport Security Protocols Must Respect Bodily Integrity
News that a Muslim woman was made to remove her headscarf by security at the OR Tambo International Airport has raised censure. The hijab...
Thando Hopa: “Beauty Is A State Of Enoughness”
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US poet Nayyirah Waheed writes, “Your beauty is a given, every being is born beautiful.” But society has twisted and warped beauty...
“Bisexuals Just Want To Exist And Be Accepted”
Bisexuality: “the potential to be attracted — romantically and/or sexually — to people of more than one sex and/or gender.” (This definition includes those...
Boitumelo Rametsi: “I’m Not Afraid To Be Known As The Girl...
Boitumelo Rametsi believes in accepting your present-day self. The Soweto-born and based creative founded Spotted Beauty, a project that evolved from her personal Facebook...
Tackling Identity-Building & Unemployment Through Dialogue
In commemoration of Youth Month, the Democracy Development Program in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung hosted its 4th Annual Youth Indaba on Wednesday...
Author Hafsah Faizal: “Representation Is Not A Fad”
New author Hafsah Faizal joins an illustrious list of authors writing representative fantasy books. Think Sabaa Tahir. Tomi Adeyemi. Renee Ahdieh. Her debut novel...
What It Takes To Write About Mental Disorders At 10 Years...
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eThekwini Municipality held its third Articulate Africa Book and Art Fair, the flagship Literary and Art Fair for Parks Recreation and Culture...
Deon Maas Reflects On Berlin, Identity And Belonging
Deon Maas packed up his whole life and moved to Berlin with his wife and four dogs to seek new adventures. There, he walks...
Afrophobia, Islamophobia & White Supremacy: Join The Dots
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To those who felt that the #ChristChurch attacks represented some white dude's (supremacist) hatred of Islam and Muslims only, think again. White supremacy is...
Recycling In Brown Families
Global Recycling Day happens on March 18. Created in 2018 it celebrates the importance recycling plays in preserving the planet. It encourages people to...
Chris van Wyk’s Life Comes To Life On Stage
The clanging of prison doors, a single spotlight and Zane Meas on the stage. Starring Meas, the Market Theatre's production of The Storyteller of...
‘A Place For Us’, A Stunning Tale Of Faith And Family
Treading between tradition and the secular and the clash between the self and family, this book tells a stunning tale of faith and family....
For Single Brown Girls At Indian Weddings
Weddings are every unmarried brown girls worst nightmare. There is something very annoying to brown aunties about a single, carefree brown girl. There is...
Why Abantu Book Fest Needs To Reconsider Its White People Stance
The Abantu Book Festival took place for the third year in a row this past weekend, and more people than ever attended. The festival...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ducks Questions On Transphobia
After almost an hour delay, acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie arrived at the Abantu Book Festival on Friday afternoon. Adichie was in conversation...
5 Reasons We’re Attending Abantu Book Festival
Editor's Note: The 2019 Abantu Book Festival takes place from December 5-8.
The Abantu Book Festival officially kicked off today and will continue on...
