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    Didintle Khunou On The Color Purple Musical’s Empowering Message

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    The African-American experience is not too far removed from that of people of colour in South Africa, nor are the constraints of patriarchy that...

    20 years and more to come: the past paving the future...

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    The Time of the Writer literary festival has entered its 20th year. Last year’s festival featured some of South Africa’s best writers gathered together...

    The Daily Show’s newest writer: who is David Kibuuka?

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    On Thursday, Comedy Central announced that local comedian David Kibuuka will be joining The Daily Show as a staff writer. The 34-year-old comedian will...

    ‘Jozi Gold’ Documentary Examines The Dark Heart Of Mining In SA

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    Mining activities have wreaked havoc across South Africa, in a variety of communities. Big companies come to the communities, mine the land, and then...

    Redefining Masculinity The BTS Way

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    In an age where constructions of masculinity are stifling and destructive, Asian musicians are breaking barriers and redefining what it means to be "manly."...

    Part One: Illustrators and Animators on how they got into the...

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    One of the main attractions at Comic Con Africa was the Artists Alley where animators, illustrators and comic book artists had a chance to...

    SWEAT Says Convicted Murderer’s Artwork Must Be Removed From Exhibition

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    SWEAT is calling on the University of Pretoria to remove a convicted murderer’s artwork. The organisation is known as the Sex Worker Education and...

    Director Daniel Snaddon On Animation In South Africa

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    The Cape Town International Animation Festival (CTIAF) kicks off on March 8. One of this year's main attractions from the festival is the South...

    Here’s Why BTS Has Such A Strong ARMY In South Africa

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    Fandoms are built and sustained because of the meaning that they bring to fans lives. K-pop groups have some of the most ardent fan...

    Wakanda Felt Like Home

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    The Hollywood imagination has a troublesome relationship with Africa, perhaps best embodied by Leonardo di Caprio’s jaded Rhodesian character Danny Archer in the 2006...

    10 Beyonce Bops That Shouldn’t Have Flopped

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    Beyoncé is well-known for creating timeless music and chart topping singles since her days when she was part of the R&B group Destiny's Child....

    As By Fire: Jonathan Jansen talks #FeesMustFall and victimhood

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    Former University of the Free State vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen’s latest book was released earlier this year. "As By Fire: The End of the South...

    The CC’d Collective’s Response To Participating Unwittingly In Israeli-Funded Cultural Activities

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    As awareness of Israel's oppression of Palestinians grows, more and more artists from across the world are joining the cultural boycott. Support for the...

    Tsoku Maela: Femininity As A Shade Of Love That We Should...

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    With No More Cliches, Please artist Tsoku Maela endeavours to capture the resistance of brown women and to address the clichés associated with resistance...

    Young filmmakers shine at the Abantu Book Festival

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    The Abantu Book Festival kicked off this week at Soweto’s Eyethu Lifestyle Centre. On Friday afternoon The Youth Filmmaker project (which provides young graduates...

    Huda Fahmy Uses Comics To Tackle Islamophobia

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    Huda Fahmy is a cartoonist who is using her Instagram platform to create cartoons about her daily experiences of being a Muslim women in...

    Film Festival Veteran Soheir Abdel Kader On Pan-African Filmmaking

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    Soheir Abdel Kader is an Egyptian film festival expert. Among her many career accomplishments and designations, she is the founder and president of both...

    Those times Gareth Cliff pushed the limits and got away with...

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    South African self-styled “shock-jock” Gareth Cliff’s response to the #PennySparrow debacle and the ensuing debates on criminalisation of hate speech was to declare: "People...

    21-Year-Old Entrepreneur: ‘I Started My Business With No Funds’

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    AS TOLD TO Avthar Aniruth, a 21-year-old Durban entrepreneur, was recently featured in the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list. The founder and CEO of...

    History Comes Alive At These Jozi Museums

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    There’s no doubt that Johannesburg is a happening city. It started way back when gold was discovered here in the 1880s and has continued...