In Spear: Mandela and other Revolutionaries, Madiba is cast as an underdog and the rise of Umkhonto weSizwe is explored by reframing the archives. In Ghosts of Archives we encounter the history of the liberation struggle, often signified by the iconography of Mandela, not as a linear progression but as a holistic improvisation
Refiguring ugogo as a critical figure in the making of Black [visual] archives
The soft-spoken scholar had a towering impact on scholarship, artistic work, teaching practice and activism
Through her praxis, Kholeka Shange interrogates the marginalisation of African languages in the academy
Kwaito and house music have broadened the scope of struggle and stretched the definition of freedom
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/ 14 September 2007
Artists are not only reporters, but also interpreters and social actors, writes Bhekizizwe Peterson.