Kwanele Sosibo, Author at The Mail & Guardian

Old artistic forms find new mediums in uncertain times

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 2 Apr 2020

Music, art and theatre are moving online as cultural workers adjust to lockdown

Soundtrack to a pandemic: Africa’s best coronavirus songs

Article Kwanele Sosibo & Simon Allison - 2 Apr 2020

Drawing on lessons from Ebola, African artists are using music to convey public health messaging. And they are doing it in style

Get your quarantine on — the best in virtual entertainment

Article Kwanele Sosibo & Zaza Hlalethwa - 30 Mar 2020

With everyone settling into an indoors routine or starting to lose it because of cabin fever, this guide should remind you that creativity and beauty still exist, virtually represented but there, nonetheless.

Credo Mutwa: Defying the sting of death

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 26 Mar 2020

The highest honour that can be paid to Credo Mutwa is familiarising oneself with his output

Afrolit Sans Frontières: Stories and writers in the comfort of your living room

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 23 Mar 2020

Zukiswa Wanner has organised a virtual literary festival, from March 23 to 30, to help readers and writers struggling with self-isolation

Sharpeville is much more than the site of a massacre

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 19 Mar 2020

Tsepo Gumbi’s photographs bring a more complex view of a place that has been so singularly defined as to be unknowable

Covid-19 cancellations hurt artists

Article Zaza Hlalethwa, Lester Kiewit & Kwanele Sosibo - 19 Mar 2020

Artist have criticised the minister’s lack of vision; meanwhile, small businesses are also being hit hard

Festivals go digital as the coronavirus intensifies social distancing

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 17 Mar 2020

National Arts Festival and other events face big financial losses and enter uncharted territory as they look to livestreaming activities

Queen Sono moers the dudes

Article Zaza & Kwanele Sosibo - 28 Feb 2020

The spy drama with its kick-ass heroine Queen Sono shows the continent in a new light

The Portfolio: Tsepo Gumbi

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 21 Feb 2020

With the Sharpeville massacre in mind, Kwanele Sosibo takes a look at how Tsepo Gumbi’s collection of photographs are a necessary intervention

Too little too late for Malcolm

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 21 Feb 2020

Doccie Who Killed Malcolm X? has led to a belated reopening of his murder investigation

Remapping African musics

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 14 Feb 2020

Itinerant DJ and artist Mo Laudi works hard to ensure the continent’s sounds secure their rightful recognition

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20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

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Thabo Mohlala - 23 Mar 2020

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Staff Reporter - 18 Mar 2020

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