Zamansele Nsele

Hashtags bear a strange fruit: The visual terror of the #PhoenixMassacre

Friday Zamansele Nsele - 22 Jul 2021

As vigilante groups stepped in to ‘protect’ their property and families, the visual spectacle of death took on a sinister pleasure in some quarters, with Black lives bearing the brunt of this unbridled proprietarianism

Tsitsi Dangarembga: Are we mourning ourselves, each other and this state we are in?

Friday Zamansele Nsele - 12 Nov 2020

The author discusses the trilogy of novels that propelled her onto the Booker shortlist, and their relevance to present-day Zimbabwe

Part III: Afropessimism and rituals of anti-Black violence

Friday Zamansele Nsele - 2 Jul 2020

The final part of Zamansele Nsele’s interview with Frank B Wilderson expands on some of the thinking in his latest book, ‘Afropessimism’

Part II: ‘Afropessimism’ and the rituals of anti-black violence

Friday Zamansele Nsele - 27 Jun 2020

Frank B Wilderson discusses 'Afropessimism', his memoir that analyses structural violence

Part I: ‘Afropessimism’ and the rituals of anti-black violence

Article Zamansele Nsele - 24 Jun 2020

Frank B Wilderson discusses 'Afropessimism', his memoir that analyses structural violence

Inside the circle: A review of Saidiya Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

Article Zamansele Nsele - 10 Apr 2020

Saidiya Hartmanilluminates the perspectives of young Black women through a vividly cinematic narrative where we are positioned to view the world through their eyes.