Gwen Ansell

SA actors get a reprieve from the Competition Commission to ensure fair pay and practice

The Mail & Guardian asked some of our favourite musicians and critics what they thought of the list and to tell us which three South African albums they believed should be on…

It was in the 1970s and the decades that followed that the influence of South Africans on the London scene consolidated to create a shared musical language

We need more books about South African jazz, focusing on both the verbal and the visual, to fully capture and appreciate the unique ‘river of culture we’ve been bequeathed’

In the face of dwindling writing about South African jazz, bassist and composer Carlo Mombelli’s new offering is a repository for future historians.

‘Chimurenga Chronic: Who Killed Kabila II’ sees memories of the past battle the future

A portrait of the enigmatic but gifted jazz cat and artist is conjured through the eyes of photographer (and admirer) Tseliso Monaheng

It is a feat to have a Mass that draws from a rich but distorted past to create a new musical canon

Jazz and the fight for freedom were central to his life and poetry

Alien relations served writer Alice Bo Sheldon well as a metaphor for the gender obtuseness and sexual obsessions of dominant human males on Earth.

Speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, thriller – who cares about genres when the writing is as good as in the novels reviewed here.

As the bassist prepares for his Joy of Jazz show, Gwen Ansell unpacks the musician’s life and the label “avant-garde”, which he has been linked to.

William Gibson’s 11th novel is a gripping read that explores a world of multiple, branching timelines.

Abraham’s tale of war and banking in a not-quite-Renaissance empire gathers strength in this, the penultimate volume.

Adam Haupt summarizes all the questions his book raises