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Malcolm + Art = Love – Umdali Liner Notes

I went to the Gauteng Music Academy to look at Malcolm’s artwork. Bra Johnny was there to welcome me, and when he opened the library, there were paintings everywhere. “The world is...

By Steve Kwena Mokwena

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Culture / 16/11/21

70th Anniversary of DRUM Magazine

Since August 2020, DRUM magazine, perhaps owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and the forthcoming demands of the fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), transitioned to become South Africa’s weekly fully digital magazine.

By Dr. Tshepo Mvulane Moloi

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African Anarchism Series — Who Owns This Tree?

By Tshiamo Malatji

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Sizopopa Sonke

The artistic world while full of exceptional individuals thrives when community comes into play. This installment of articles from our collaborator the Culture Review explores this...

By Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni

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Culture / 11/11/21

Shaka Zulu: The Gaping Wound - A Review

Part of the problem with Shaka Zulu: The Gaping Would is that it relies on the same historical record it promises to upend. Numerous scenes in the show suggest that E.A. Ritter’s book, Shaka Zulu, may have influenced its...

By Bongani Ngqulunga, (PhD)

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How To Be An Unacceptable Black Woman

By Siphumelele Chagwe Your uncle Garry (they/them)

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Who No Know Go Know: On Fela And His Humanity

Blackness as a state of being exists relatively on the periphery. It is a form that is almost always expected to relent and equivocate even when its comforts are disrupted.

By Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni

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Culture / 02/11/21

Mapungubwe: Echoes in The Valley

“In order for a people to know where they are going, they must know where they come from” opens Mapungubwe: Echoes in the Valley.

By Special Correspondent