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Njabulo Zwane

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Njabulo Zwane

Njabulo Zwane is a writer and scholar of Black cultural his- and her-stories

Politics on the street: (from left) A group of women partying at Hurricanes in Katlehong. (Muntu Vilakazi)
ACHILLE MBEMBE

(R)evolution in 4/4: The contribution of South Africa’s urban music to new meanings of freedom

Kwaito and house music have broadened the scope of struggle and stretched the definition of freedom

  • Njabulo Zwane
7 min read
Anti-apartheid actors protest outside the South African embassy in London. (PA Images/Getty Images)
AMILCAR CABRAL

Whither the arts in South Africa’s permanent crisis? The flawed logic of singling out Nathi Mthethwa

It is the ANC as a whole that maintains a bureaucratic view of the arts, failing to afford it its proper place in society

  • Njabulo Zwane
5 min read
The People Shall Govern (Medu Art Ensemble) (Delwyn Verasamy)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Drawn Lines: About the place of work in the struggle

In this response to Judy Seidman, Njabulo Zwane defends a Black Radical Tradition of refusing the notion of work itself

  • Njabulo Zwane
3 min read