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Making myths out of music

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 3 Jan 2020

After its run on America’s Got Talent, the Ndlovu Youth Choir became a symbol of unity. But its genesis points to South Africa’s deep inequality

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The European Film Festival highlights how people respond to the disruptive changes

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 1 Dec 2019

In this interview film festival director Peter Rorvik sheds light on his curatorial vision and some of the themes emerging from the festival.

Bringing the hidden to light

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 29 Nov 2019

Tshepiso Mabula’s photographs interrogate the postapartheid ritual of exhumation and reburial

Who is the real revolutionary?

Africa Kwanele Sosibo - 22 Nov 2019

In the days of social media, which can amplify storms in tea cups for retweets from a 'followers', it is easy to assume the mantle of 'leadership'

The intimacy of Toni Morrison

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 20 Nov 2019

A new documentary examines the ‘Beloved’ author’s wider political and artistic signficance

David Koloane: Stylistic journeyman and complex persona

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 8 Nov 2019

Two exhibitions across downtown Jo’burg force a slower look at the famed artist’s work

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Thandiswa takes a walk in Bra Hugh’s shoes

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 7 Nov 2019

Thandiswa Mazwai speaks about her memories of playing with the trumpeter and what fans can expect from her collaboration with his band

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Creativity at work at The Centre for the Less Good Idea

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 25 Oct 2019

The centre’s sixth season examines the concept of work through the eyes of artists working in different mediums

Where are Eastern Cape’s black entrepreneurs?

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 22 Oct 2019

Proudly South African trip took journalists to companies creating jobs – but they’re white-owned

‘Lobbyists stall arts’ new dawn’

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 11 Oct 2019

Activists believe the president is under pressure from corporates not to sign two Bills that would benefit artists

Don’t let the botanicals go to your head

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 9 Oct 2019

A well-tailored punt gets a pleb out of Brixton in Johannesburg and shows him the sights, smells and tastes of the various larney silos in Cape Town

BLK JKS find life after robots

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 20 Sep 2019

Their single blends Leraba’s famo vocals and nostalgic memories of the 2011 Hifa festival

The other Goliath trips up but dusts himself off

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 7 Sep 2019

In a country still smouldering from its self-immolation, how does a comedian stick to the ideals of his craft, which demand he speaks his truth

A requiem for the world’s dead

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 5 Sep 2019

Gregory Maqoma revives a Zakes Mda character, mixing Ravel’s Boléro with isicathamiya to mourn, to hope, and to celebrate life

Koleka Putuma’s Christian/ queer collision

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 21 Aug 2019

The searing play No Easter Sunday For Queers tackles homophobic violence with a new langauge

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