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Zamansele Nsele

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Zamansele Nsele

Zamansele Nsele is an art historian and she lives in Johannesburg

The legacy of apartheid has enisred that fine dining in an African context remains a paradox (Graphic: John McCann)

The scramble for Africa in fine dining

Even if Black cuisine were equally represented, the White diner’s gaze will continue to define it

The shadow of a lynching set against a crowd of people; the image was created and distributed by the NAACP, c. 1930s. The writer argues that recent, vigilante-led killings in South Africa echo the practice. (Everett Historical)

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 pictured after receiving bail following her arrest in Harare on July 31.
(Photo: Jekesai Njikizana)

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

Frank B. Wilderson III’s latest book ‘Afropessimism’ throws sharp focus into global anti-Black structural violence. (Graphic: John McCann)
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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’

By any means necessary:  A gouache on watercolour paper painting of Frank Wilderson that hints at the necessity of armed struggle suggested by his work. (Zachary Durian)
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Part II: ‘Afropessimism’ and the rituals of anti-black violence

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

Frank B. Wilderson III  standing in front of Vista University campus in Soweto, where he was a lecturer. This image is taken from an article written by Wilderson and published by Tribute magazine in 1994. The article exposed links between Vista University and the Broederbond. (Supplied)

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

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

Defiant dreams: Pictures are used without captions in Saidiya Hartman’s book.
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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.