Saturday’s discussion at Boekehuis focuses on Diepsloot, the informal settlement north of Johannesburg that is the subject of Anton Harber’s book.
■ Broad, deep and lively discussion flows at Jo’burg literary institution Boekehuis Bookshop on May 21 at 12.30pm and on May 25 at 6.30pm. Saturday’s discussion focuses on Diepsloot, the post-apartheid informal settlement north of Johannesburg that is the subject of Anton Harber’s book of the same name. Harber, a founding editor of this newspaper’s predecessor, the Weekly Mail, will joust with political analyst and columnist Justice Malala in examining whether a single site like Diepsloot can stand as a microcosm of South Africa’s post-1994 experience.
Next Wednesday it is the turn of Jacob Dlamini and Dan Magaziner to be in conversation with American scholar Nigel Gibson about his book, Fanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali base-Mjondolo. Among the questions that will be raised is how Fanon, a revolutionary, might think and act in the face of contemporary social crises.
Boekehuis Bookshop, corner of Lothbury and Fawley streets, Auckland Park.