The woman often remembered only as the wife of ANC president JL Dube was a music arranger, the cofounder of ‘Ilanga lase Natal’ and a creative pioneer
The talented novelist Nthikeng Mohlele’s debut short-story collection lacks the vitality that makes short stories magical
How can a puppet become a symbol of independence? In the hands of this superb collaboration that restages JM Coetzee’s novel for our turbulent times
With a rich plot full of surprises, Joanne Joseph’s debbut novel is bound together by a poetic turn of phrase
A list compiled by Sandile Ngidi
Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book, ‘Neither Settler nor Native’ asks a political question: Rights for whom?
Very little is known of the late guitarist, who was a keeper of a stark and foreboding maskandi sound
A genre of distinctive, regional styles, Sandile Ngidi selects a list of some of its most influential players
When we rebel and part ways with the barbarism of the apartheid and the democratic state, we will keep the memory of this historic event alive for current and future generations
After pioneering ‘truth cinema’ and at least 40 documentary films later, British director and producer Dick Fontaine has settled in Durban