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Michael K Williams had a future as a Left activist

ryan zickgraf
He wasn’t just one of the most talented actors in America. He was also in the middle of a political awakening, speaking out on issues ranging from police reform to reducing poverty

Meghna Singh and Simon Wood’s five creative inspirations behind ‘Container’

meghna singh & simon wood

Screen Grab: An eastern western, way down South

carlos amato

The ghosts of Memphis: The good, the bad, the rock ’n soul

Fred De Vries

‘The Making of Mount Edgecombe’: A view of history from below

Youlendree Appasamy

Into outer space with a synthesiser: How Berlin’s free spaces nurtured avant-garde music

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The cultural shifts in post-war Germany led to truly distinct forms of pop music, particularly in Berlin

The Portfolio: ‘neuf-3’ — a public art project in Saint-Denis, Paris

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The ‘neuf-3’ art project, curated by Riason Naidoo, aims to pay tribute to the African communities of Saint-Denis — and of Paris

Review: Ghosts that cannot be contained

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The short film Container, which straddles virtual reality and fine art installation, provides a visceral re-examination of both historical and late capitalism

Review: State capture is business as usual in ‘Vagabond’

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The South Korean Netflix drama will resonate with audiences, for all the wrong reasons

Iron Curtain’s mutant funk: The fractions of Kyiv’s club music

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Rules around live band repertoires in Ukraine under the Soviet Union gave birth to bizarre musical permutations

The Portfolio: Tshepiso Moropa digs up family treasures

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Tshepiso Moropa used her parents’ marriage as inspiration for her latest collage, titled Til Death Do Us Apart

Screen Grab: ‘Inhuman Resources’ — Cantona hits dark places with his collar up

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In 'Inhuman Resources', the former footballer switches off his roguish charm, to gripping effect

The day Thembe Mahlaba won an Emmy award

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Thembe Mahlaba, one third of Pap Culture, recounts how the channel got into its groove

The Portfolio: How Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry gave Bob Marley his chops

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An extract from the biography ‘People Funny Boy’: how the maverick producer transformed the sound of reggae and its number-one group

Lewis Nkosi and All the Things We Could Be by Now if We Were Free

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The focus of a new book on Lewis Nkosi is his plays rather than his tsotsi-like critiques

Review: Koleka Putuma brings black women history back into the fold

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The poet’s new book does the necessary work of reinscribing women into history, but is it poetry

Growing up among the traders at the Oriental Plaza

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This is an edited extract from Razina Theba’s new book 'A Home on Vorster Street: A Memoir'

Screen Grab: In the land of the lotus eaters

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Hawaii hotel drama ‘The White Lotus’ is a shade warmer than ‘Succession’ in its assault on American privilege — but it carries a riptide of savage wit.

How drummer Charlie Watts infused the Rolling Stones with a little jazz

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A drummer’s contribution to one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands

Hier kom Lister! On the ‘Comrade Editor’s’ lifelong commitment to activism and journalism

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Gwen Lister’s book, ‘Comrade Editor’, weaves together a narrative from the strands of her own life, her journalism, and the wider context of Namibia’s struggle for independence

Can Donda save Kanye West?

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After flirting with right-wing politics, the Chicago rapper seeks not only to redeem himself as a liberal black figure, but settle the question of his relevance as an artist

Screengrab: ‘Wesens’ has the final weird

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In the Afrikaans sci-fi gem on Showmax, found footage reveals an inexplicable object in the Karoo

Review: Mahmood Mamdani on the ‘non-national’ state

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Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book, ‘Neither Settler nor Native’ asks a political question: Rights for whom?
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