Television
The Magic of Matwetwe
Set in Atteridgeville, what audiences might appreciate from Lediga’s film is its inclusion of social issues, like gang violence and the drug trade. The film could, however, benefit...
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Tshiamo Malatji
Writing and conversation concerning Black lives.
33 published stories
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Culture
Afrofuturism & Reality in Nuotama Bodomo’s Black African Cinema
The dangers of this kind of futurism is the placation of real histories in favour of pleasant depictions of Blackness. This risk is amplified by collective ignorance of the histories that futurist reinterpretations are b...
Television
Thick, Empty Drama: Blood & Water Season 2 Review
There’s also a serious issue with how aggressively the show pursues its sexualisation of high school characters, to the point of disgust. This escalates in the fifth episode which...
Culture
#Reflection - Art in a Pandemic
I agonised over how to convert the live experience into the online domain. After trying out a few online poetry shows, the magic of real gatherings never once appeared. There was a clear barrier between the artist and th...
Culture
Black Summer
Culture
Blackness is Insurrection
To understand what demonising Black protesters leads to, we must look no further than the history of our own country where the co-ordinated vilifying of Blackness has existed since...
Culture
The Pitfalls of Broadcasting Looting
Currently, the dominant narrative of the protests unfolding in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal is on the theft of items from businesses, especially large malls and shopping centres. Social media is awash of mask-clad people ca...
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