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‘Feline Philosophy’: A cat’s-eye view on life’s meaning

Friday Theresa Mallinson - 11 Dec 2020

In his latest book, philosopher John Gray examines how cats live according to their nature — and how us humans could benefit from emulating their (c)attitude

Don’t Miss: An update of in-person and virtual events

Friday Arts Desk - 11 Dec 2020

From ballet, to art exhibitions to podcasts, there’s plenty on offer in the cultural world to capture your attention this weekend

The Portfolio: Percy Mabandu

Friday Percy Mabandu - 11 Dec 2020

Writer and visual artist Percy Mabandu talks about the energy of his portrait of Bra Winston Mankuku Ngozi, entitled ‘The Bull’

The year the music died — almost

Friday Gwen Ansell - 11 Dec 2020

Half of the participants in a recent study on the live music industry are likely to quit their craft

Excerpt: ‘Taking a Six for a Nine: Sexual imagery in the Trinidad Calypso’

Friday Keith Warner - 4 Dec 2020

Keith Warner explores the sensual pulse of calypso, focusing on the Mighty Sparrow, in an essay from the ‘Erotique Noire’ collection

The Portfolio: Sabelo Mkhabela

Friday Sabelo Mkhabela - 4 Dec 2020

Sabelo Mkhabela, a ‘writer who can take photos’ tells us about the image he took of American rapper Joey Bada$$ at Oppikoppi in 2017

What’s the future for cinema?

Friday Tshegofatso Mathe - 4 Dec 2020

Industry experts say movie theatres will survive the effects of the lockdown only if more of them start providing an experience viewers can’t replicate at home

Xenergy: Domiciled in Shane Eagle’s universe

Friday Sabelo Mkhabela - 4 Dec 2020

With the pandemic crimping the flow of Xenergy, Shane Eagle has released a virtual performance in the form of a visual album

Picking up threads from the cutting room floor

Friday Nkgopoleng Moloi - 4 Dec 2020

Lesiba Mabitsela’s multidisciplinary project interrogates the influence of modernity through examining the intersections between fashion and architecture

NLite bring supple musicality for their self-titled debut

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 4 Dec 2020

Cascading between moods and styles, the nine tracks on NLite’s album offer a lightness of spirit

The Portfolio: Antony Kaminju

Friday Antony Kaminju - 27 Nov 2020

Antony Kaminju shares his experience of making a photo of the Roving Bantu Kitchen’s Sifiso Ntuli

Indians in South Africa, a historical excerpt

Friday Kiru Naidoo - 27 Nov 2020

In the book, The Indian Africans, academic Kiru Naidoo explores the society of colonial Natal in the late 1800s to early 1900

Don’t Miss: A weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events

Friday Arts Desk - 27 Nov 2020

From art exhibitions to live jazz, we’ve got your weekend programming sorted

How the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation promotes ‘slow’ looking

Friday Mary Corrigall - 27 Nov 2020

The new Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation compels visitors to contemplate and luxuriate in art, writes Mary Corrigall

African science fiction: rereading the The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Friday Nedine Moonsamy - 27 Nov 2020

Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola wields language as the ultimate form of technology

Extract from ‘The Journey: New Positions in African Photography’ — an introduction

Friday Simon Njami & Sean O Toole - 20 Nov 2020

A new book examines the great flourishing of photography across the African continent

Extract from ‘The Journey’: Responses to the archive

Friday Emmanuel Iduma - 20 Nov 2020

This sequence of texts was written in response to various photographs of Nigeria made between 1920 and 1929 that form part of the Colonial Office photographic collection

‘The Sweetest Ache’ extract: Dark brown and midnight black magic

Friday Mercy Thokozane Minah - 20 Nov 2020

An activist’s encounter with an attractive waitress leads her to take an inventory of her own body in Mercy Thokozane Minah’s ‘The Sweetest Ache’

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