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‘I wanted to get to the soul’: Dick Fontaine on his approach to documentary filmmaking

Friday Sandile Ngidi - 20 Feb 2021

After pioneering ‘truth cinema’ and at least 40 documentary films later, British director and producer Dick Fontaine has settled in Durban

We cannot reform ourselves out of the times we are in

Opinion Mukoma Wa Ngugi - 1 Jun 2020

To end racism, we will have to change the structures from which it draws its mandate, and get rid of liberal and right-wing politicians who give it oxygen while we are being asphyxiated

Racism in the Cape Town yoga community: One instructor’s story

Article Kopano Maroga - 28 Aug 2018

'The unrepentant violence of white ignorance has consequences for people of colour that are continually overlooked,' writes Kopano Maroga

Eight years of Obama through Coates

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Nov 2017

The voice of America’s racial conscience has some words regarding Barack Obama’s tenure

Black, white and Baldwin: I Am Not Your Negro review

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 11 May 2017

Put together from notes, video clips and interviews, the new film narrates America and its dynamics

The Lists: James Baldwin and SA jazz icons Abdullah Ibrahim and Moses Molelekwa

Article Arts Desk - 24 Feb 2017

The Lists this week were compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and contributor Mandisa Mbelu

How to vanquish literary giants

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Sep 2007

Take one historic event, add a famous political activist and make it on to the Booker Prize shortlist. Mohsin Hamid speaks to Decca Aitkenhead about his second novel.

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Latest articles on James Baldwin

‘I wanted to get to the soul’: Dick Fontaine on his approach to documentary filmmaking

We cannot reform ourselves out of the times we are in

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Eight years of Obama through Coates

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