Jabba’s Back To The City performance in 2016 was a late-career triumph for the visionary MC, but its promise would prove elusive
An extract from the biography ‘People Funny Boy’: how the maverick producer transformed the sound of reggae and its number-one group
By facilitating a community for thought, the Sekoto School hopes to ground various discourses to do with black life
The photographer uses the medium to connect with aspects of Zulu spiritual practices
The artist is associated with printmaking, but he wants us to remember that it all starts with a drawing
Popping up everywhere that radical pan-African content is on offer, the Black Ark comes equipped with a library of material, ranging from books to vinyls and posters
Thought to be politically symbolic, Andires Botha’s sculptures continue to be a contentious piece of pubic art
In their new book, photojournalists Alon Skuy and James Oatway situate their often harrowing images among contextual writing
For the artist, creating work helps her make sense of her feelings around complex and heated subjects
Deseni Soobben’s sensibilities have changed over the years, but she keeps revisiting the composition and design techniques she learned from her mentors
Drawn to collaboration, Wezile Mgibe seeks new ways of performing and presenting his work
Photojournalist Khaya Ngwenya’s style focus on exploiting natural light while staying in motion
Photographer Lizzie ZiqubuM’s Senior Citizens exhibition, on show at the KZNSA Gallery is a celebration and appreciation of the role of grandmothers
‘Artsronaut’ Nanna Venter lets us in on her process for designing book covers, including for Lauren Beukes’s ‘Afterland’
Photographer Lebogang Tlhako uses collage to explore making up something that isn’t there
“Black womxn professionals are at the bottom of this food chain. For me, my position has really helped me to take myself seriously in a world in which few people do.”
“To build my ability to convey, I kept on living this life [of being a vessel] and trying to submit to it so that the messages would become clearer and I could get a deeper understanding of what they were.”
The author and journalist shares a reading list from her time as The New York Times bureau chief for West Africa
Machiri is a designer, artist, DJ and cultural producer. Here he reflects on the memory work that is just one facet of pungwes
Visual artist Slondile Jali talks about how she came to terms with a new chapter in her relationship with her daughter through an illustration
South African comedian, writer and director Gilli Apter speaks about how hilarious content requires constant writing and feedback from the comedy community
With the Sharpeville massacre in mind, Kwanele Sosibo takes a look at how Tsepo Gumbi’s collection of photographs are a necessary intervention
“Working on Occupying the Fatuous State of Severity, for me, goes back to how art creates dialogue, especially among several artworks in communication with each other.”
Print is not dead. It is just collectable now. Publications have become desirable to archive: collectable omnibuses documenting subgenres and their integrational patterns. Most likely magazine pages will soon be taken as a form of currency, like in that postapocalyptic movie with a gilled Kevin Costner in it. These subgenres should all be closely observed […]
“The photographs in the series act as a symbol of, or a witness to, the economic imbalance that exists in contemporary South Africa, where people increasingly inhabit contrasting economic realities.”
"My narratives are fragmented, characters and objects isolated and stripped down."
My photographs make for detailed stories and use symbols that are meant to be read and analysed with an open mind.
"Even though this series was about being in a familiar space, it could be seen that I would intentionally place myself on the periphery"
"At the heart of my work is what I choose to leave out. This is physically illustrated in framing a photograph."
"I always felt awkward photographing people in desperate, unfortunate conditions. What do you say? How do you comfort? Is “sorry” ever enough?"
"Writing might seem like a lonely craft, but I am not alone because my characters keep me company"
"Prophets of Da City also represent what hip-hop heads become when they grown older."