Bongani Kona

Valeria Luiselli tells stories to shame us

Article Bongani Kona - 14 Feb 2020

Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border

Deep down in my dark heart, I still seek purity

Article Bongani Kona - 13 Apr 2017

I am at peace with the knowledge that religions might not be able to provide the answer to what or who God is but I am happy just to keep searching

The Brother moves in on black tax

Article Bongani Kona - 12 Nov 2015

Forever dealing with changes, The Brother Moves On regroups to stick it to the man.

Silence talks with a powerful voice

Article Bongani Kona - 13 Aug 2015

There are many ways then of reading silence and the Goodman Gallery Cape Town’s latest group exhibition attests to this.

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Changing focus: The art and activism of Omar Badsha

Article Bongani Kona - 4 Jun 2015

Omar Badsha's photographs, on show at a retrospective exhibition in Cape Town, reveal an artist determined to show the humanity of his subjects.

Blk Brothers get it together

Article Bongani Kona - 27 Feb 2015

For their next project, the Blk Jks have teamed up with performance art collective, the Brother Moves On, to present "Blk Brother".

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Embrace the things we share in this scary, polarised world

Article Bongani Kona - 27 Nov 2014

The Oslo World Music Festival paid tribute to the role of music in addressing historical and contemporary struggles for freedom.

Impressive feat of imagination

Article Bongani Kona - 24 Oct 2014

The highs, the lows, the in-betweens: they are all there in Imraan Coovadia's astonishing novel.

Music, but not for the masses

Article Bongani Kona - 1 Oct 2014

New initiative Littlegig is well-intentioned and puts on a good show, but remains a commodity that functions only to confirm middle-class privilege.

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Live from the underground: Pharoahe Monch in Cape Town

Article Bongani Kona - 11 Aug 2014

New York-based MC Pharoahe Monch performed a single underground set in Cape Town, showing off the lyrical dexterity that has won him cult status.

Local musos weave magic at World Music Festival

Article Bongani Kona - 23 Jul 2014

Carlo Mombelli, Sannie Fox, The Brother Moves On and Madala Kunene outshine the foreign acts in a two-day smorgasbord of music in Cape Town.

Nadine Gordimer: A rich legacy for young artists

Article Bongani Kona - 17 Jul 2014

The animating impulse in her work is a dedication to those who suffer – but don't make – history, write Bongani Kona and Dudumalingani Mqombothi.

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