“I’ve seen black men fight for white women in a way...
Currently enrolled at New York City University, 22-year-old Bronx-born writer and performer, Crystal Valentine's work is inspired by intersectionality. Speaking at the 21st edition...
A Safe Space At UCKAR: The BACK.TALK Womxn’s Collective Poster-Making Workshop
Stationary and paper clippings litter the floor of the Rhodes University Fine Art Department. As you enter, you are greeted with gentle music and...
‘Five Fingers For Marseilles’ Is A Haunting Meditation On Failure
"Why did you come back? Once you turned the world upside down and ran. Now you are here and it starts again."
What happens after...
Principled? Five reasons to boycott Pharrell
Pharrell Williams is pretty cool. He has a swag hat collection, a super successful line of Adidas sneakers, and apparently never ages. But we...
Flow Wellington’s Poems On Arriving In Johannesburg
Flow Wellington, (Selome Payne) is the director of self-publishing institute, Poetree Publications. She is also a published poet. Her latest poet anthology, Gau-trained tells...
A lament for Kashmir’s destroyed manuscripts
Srinagar, Indian administered Kashmir - My home, Kashmir, was hit with the worst floods in 100 years when the Jhelum River broke its banks...
Why we all deserve to see the new Winnie documentary
There is arguably nobody in South Africa politics that has been more demonised in the media than Mam’ Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, commonly juxtaposed to her...
Wakanda Felt Like Home
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...
Time of the Writer brings writers to the people in KwaMashu...
On the second day of The Time of the Writer festival in Durban, participants visited KwaZulu-Natal’s schools and libraries to bring the writing to...
Four African writers you should be reading right now
There probably has never been a better time for writers to contribute greatly to African literature than now. Authors cannot write everyone’s story to...
COMPETITION ALERT
NB Publishers has published an exciting new book (and start of a new series) by author Bontle Senne and illustrator Mogau Kekena. An Anansi...
Readers, authors show support for ill Binyavanga Wainaina
Beloved Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina is seriously ill following a stroke and has travelled to India for treatment. AAISHA DADI PATEL explains.
The author who...
Ten reasons South Africa doesn’t suck right now – June 2017...
So we’re more than halfway through 2017, and the country is still as dramatic as ever. Fires all over the Cape, more Gupta nonsense,...
Young South African creatives to support this Youth Month
Youth Month in South Africa is a time to reflect on the history of this country’s youth. It is about looking at the past....
Twitter Was Not Sure How To Feel About The World Cup...
On Friday 9 June, just days before the 2018 FIFA World Cup is due to kick off in Russia, Nicky Jam and Will Smith...
Powerful plea sent to Radiohead over Israel concert
A petition and video have emerged online asking British rock band Radiohead to cancel its concert tour to Israel.
The Change.org petition, started by the...
100 Mandela Moments: A Review
July 18, 2018 marks the centenary of Nelson Mandela. The first democratically elected president of the Republic of South Africa would have turned 100...
On madness and mental health – “People have different ways of...
The Time of the Writer festival kicked off this week, and this year's theme is "Decolonising the book". Dana Da Silva spoke to MISHKA...
Free State poets enchant Durban
The Free State has some of the finest writers in South Africa, but they have seldom been given any national acknowledgement or a platform to showcase...
Marc Gregory on creating “In Good Company” for a good cause
In Good Company, visual artist and photographer Marc Gregory merges photography with magic. The book is a culmination of several years of work where...
