Musical icon enters her sixth decade proving purpose, not age, defines greatness
My latest book is an analysis of Africa, from the perspective of 30 years of study, which offers an overview of the decades since the fall of apartheid in 1994
It’s a way to preserve our heritage, celebrate and teach youngsters the lyrics of our sacred songs
Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants
How Shona stone art came into its own after independence
‘Music is the weapon of the future,’ said Fela Kuti. If so, Africa’s leaders need to arm themselves —and these are the songs they should start with
Being kept under virtual house arrest with your newborn is definitely not fun
The doek as a vehicle to promote women’s issues.
These websites are a style inspiration and aesthetically on point.
Returning home to attend a traditional burial reminds urbanite Johnny Masilela of the richness of rural culture.
The pervasive onslaught of Western culture means that the sight of men or women walking hand in hand is an increasingly uncommon one.
A colonial-era doctor’s lengthy study of Shona culture offers potent lessons for medical students.
The online encyclopedia will serve as a repository for the continent’s rich traditions, crafts and culture.
It seems it’s okay for a lot of urban and peri-urban black people to eat badly in the name of culture., writes <b>Milisuthando Bongela</b>.
With marriage rates on the decline in the black community, those women who desperately want to tie the knot will "not be the one".
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/ 30 October 2008
How the Free State-based Mbalula landed in the bushes of Cape Town’s Philippi for his circumcision is still clouded in mystery.
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/ 23 October 2008
Did Ngugi wa Thiong’o read Harold Robbins? Did he know what kind of mind-blowing sex you could have in LA with cocaine rubbed on your genitals?
We trust them, because in our schoolbooks, in our newspapers, in all media, more space is dedicated to their ideas and lives than to anything else.
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/ 8 September 2008
Yazeed Kamaldien documents how communal life in Sudan transformed him.
The king’s order that maidens cover up during the Reed Dance is an infringement of the culture.
According to African tradition women are emotionally weak — tears are not only okay, they are expected.