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Vus’umuzi Phakathi

Culture Review contributor

Vus’umuzi Phakathi

Writing and conversation concerning Black lives.

12 published stories

The writing

Stories by Vus’umuzi Phakathi

Culture

REVIEW – The Parrot Woman

The year is 1990. President F.W. de Klerk announces the beginning of the end of apartheid, the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, and the end of the South African state of emergency. The African Nat...

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Choirs of Hours Read by Richard Welch

When choirs of hours croon us as song, / Heave with each note, hold fast to each second, / Unchain your rapture let it breathe along / To each calm, storm, and all that love bec...

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The Conflict with Concession

I have tied a knot at the end of each and every thought of you, with each word cast from my tongue I keep tossing each knot to your direction with the hope of catching your attention, even if it be a note that fell off y...

Culture

Creating The Black Family Album

I being one to never page through an album chronologically, I skip towards the very end and ask Silas which, among the plethora of reasons, is the one that he believes to be the sp...

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PODCAST: Vus’umuzi Phakathi On Concerning Blacks

One of the most famous streets in all of Africa today is Vilakazi Street in Soweto, Johannesburg, famously known as the only street in the world to have produced two Nobel Peace Prize winners. This street is named after...

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