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Engaging "We, the Purple"
"We the Purple" centers around the pivotal 1994 elections and the symbolic Purple Rain Protest of 1989. Through a unique blend of visual, auditory, and tactile elements, the exhibi...
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Cecil John Rhodes: British Empire Hitman
“We fight Rhodes because he means so much for oppression, injustice, & moral degradation to South Africa - but if he passed away tomorrow there still remains the terrible fact that something...
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Out of WAFCON.
Never out of our hearts.
The final whistle ends a campaign, not the pride of a nation. Banyana Banyana leave the pitch together—heartbroken, held, and still ours.
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Our Unsung Griot Has Fallen
it has remained perplexing to me how mute the mainstream media has been concerning the fateful departure of this gifted local ‘son of the soil.’ To unmute Mocholoko’s griot status, let’s turn to his obituary, which affor...
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The 1976 Generation's Blueprint for Youth
Youth Month in South Africa serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need to address the pressing issues that continue to plague the country's young population. Despite their poten...
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How They Embrace Indigenous Knowledges – A review of Bronwyn Katz’s solo exhibition in Johannesburg
Transmissions of knowledge and memory are essential in preserving indigenous narratives, traditions and languages in the face of colonial erasure and democratic disregard of indigenous cultures in this country.
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Wondering Hand(s) and Spirited Ink: Snapshots into the Black Public Humanities
The aim of the collection is to create a pedagogical device that foregrounds the sonic, aesthetic, epistemic and performative strategies of creating emancipatory thinking, feeling,...
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Perhaps We Need Biko Now More Than Ever
There is an insidious resurgence of white consciousness that influences the outcomes of the elections. White consciousness, underpinned by racism and white supremacy, lost political power to black people in 1994. Yet, th...
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The Paucity of Black Intellectuals
My study on this phenomenon revealed that a significant number of black intellectuals and potential ones left the country, either to work or study abroad, as it was challenging to do so in a...
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