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Zamansele Nsele
Zamansele Nsele is an art historian and she lives in Johannesburg
The scramble for Africa in fine dining
Even if Black cuisine were equally represented, the White diner’s gaze will continue to define it
Hashtags bear a strange fruit: The visual terror of the #PhoenixMassacre
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…
Tsitsi Dangarembga: Are we mourning ourselves, each other and this state we are in?
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
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
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
Part I: ‘Afropessimism’ and the rituals of anti-black violence
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
Inside the circle: A review of Saidiya Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartmanilluminates the perspectives of young Black women through a vividly cinematic narrative where we are positioned to view the world through their eyes.