Medu Art Ensemble
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Art as a weapon
We recognise how narratives are vehicles of power, as they shape who is seen as Human, who is believed, and whose suffering matters
Print isn’t dead, it’s decolonised: Inside SA’s emerging zine scene
Youth zines form a movement reclaiming black narratives and cultural space
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
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
Festac, the ANC and the arts
Keorapetse Kgositsile played a vital part in elevating the position of the cultural worker
Towards reclaiming our culture of the liberation struggle
Judy Seidman responds to Athi Mongelezi Joja’s expanded assessment of her ‘Drawn Lines’ exhibition
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…
Apology to Judy Seidman
The Mail & Guardian apologises to the artist for the errors of fact and aspersions attributable to our lapses of process
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
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
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