Performances for ‘Any Given Sunday’ shook up Cape Town’s public spaces in a decolonial gesture in 2015
The painter, who hails from the DRC, is currently presenting his first solo exhibition outside his home country in Paris
In Europe, where he lived most of his life, he was either ‘too African’ or ‘not African enough’
Celebrated Ghanaian photographer James Barnor continues his interview with Riason Naidoo, focusing on the later years of his career
He tells the story of his becoming a photographer and photojournalist in Ghana and in London
A retrospective on Jean-Michel Basquiat is showing at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Its curator has dubbed it the most comprehensive Basquiat show
The artist, in her first international show, also uses the ground to map out the directions people take
The curator of Dak’art talks about how he has transformed the concept of the biennale
A director of Iziko Museums is back at work after winning a labour dispute, but the national gallery is a more serious victim of SA arts bureaucracy.
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/ 21 September 2008
In an edited extract from his new book, <i>The Indian in Drum</i>, Riason Naidoo shares his journey to find a nuanced picture of Indian identity.
Riason Naidoo reviews <i>Gandhi My Father</i>, which is based on the private and troubled relationship between the public figure of the Mahatma and his anonymous son Harilal.
Timbuktu manuscripts — which include texts on astromomy and law — have been passed down through the centuries and generations as a form of inheritance. The preservation of Timbuktu’s ‘intellectual treasures’ offers vital clues to the history of paper trading in Africa, writes Riason Naidoo.