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Medu Art Ensemble

Print isn’t dead, it’s decolonised: Inside SA’s emerging zine scene
Friday
/ 31 March 2025

Print isn’t dead, it’s decolonised: Inside SA’s emerging zine scene

Youth zines form a movement reclaiming black narratives and cultural space

By Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
Brass, class, steel and sorrow: Jonas Gwangwa cut close to the bone
Friday
/ 29 January 2021

Brass, class, steel and sorrow: Jonas Gwangwa cut close to the bone

The trombonist’s music-making was inextricably tied up with South Africa’s struggle for freedom

By Gwen Ansell
Violet Gwangwa: Natural class, nurturing brass
Friday
/ 16 January 2021

Violet Gwangwa: Natural class, nurturing brass

A builder of networks and a tactical freedom fighter, Violet Molebatsi Gwangwa nurtured not only the liberation movement, but also the creative spirit within her family

By Gwen Ansell
Festac, the ANC and the arts
Friday
/ 28 May 2020

Festac, the ANC and the arts

Keorapetse Kgositsile played a vital part in elevating the position of the cultural worker

By Uhuru Phalafala
Towards reclaiming our culture of the liberation struggle
Article
/ 24 April 2020

Towards reclaiming our culture of the liberation struggle

Judy Seidman responds to Athi Mongelezi Joja’s expanded assessment of her ‘Drawn Lines’ exhibition

By Judy Seidman
Pretensions of fighting for the oppressed and the totality of white power
Article
/ 17 April 2020

Pretensions of fighting for the oppressed and the totality of white power

We should be wary of taking theories of commitment and agency as self-evident; we should instead question their unspoken assumptions as we also question the motivations attendant to them

By Athi Mongezeleli Joja
Apology to Judy Seidman
Article
/ 15 April 2020

Apology to Judy Seidman

The Mail & Guardian apologises to the artist for the errors of fact and aspersions attributable to our lapses of process

By Arts Desk
Drawn Lines: About the place of work in the struggle
Friday
/ 21 January 2020

Drawn Lines: About the place of work in the struggle

In this response to Judy Seidman, Njabulo Zwane defends a Black Radical Tradition of refusing the notion of work itself

By Njabulo Zwane
The role of liberation culture
Article
/ 9 January 2020

The role of liberation culture

Judy Seidman responds to Athi Mongezeleli Joja’s review of her exhibition with some reflections on the praxis of the Medu Art Ensemble

By Judy Seidman
A guide to embarking on an arts career in South Africa
Article
/ 22 November 2017

A guide to embarking on an arts career in South Africa

The politics of art aren’t always discovered in the confines of the art industry and its institutions

By Thulile Gamedze

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