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Honorary co-author: Zukiswa Wanner. Photo: AlineReis@alnereis
SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE

Here's to the women who refuse to stop writing

As struggle veteran Sibongile Mkhabela marks her 70th birthday, the '76 INKED! literary festival gathers generations of South African women writers, including Zukiswa Wanner,…

  • Unathi Kondile
  • Zukiswa Wanner
6 min read
The book foregrounds “the experiences, the ideas and the reflections of people who were actual participants in 1976, both leading figures but also young people who, on the morning of June 16th, did not see themselves as political activists,” says the author. Photo: Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA

The uprising they turned into a party: What Youth Day keeps getting wrong

Every June 16th, South Africa celebrates Youth Day with music and speeches, often reposting the iconic image of Hector Pieterson. But historian Noor Nieftagodien argues these…

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read