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Lewis Nkosi at the Drum offices (BAHA/Africamediaonline)
ABBEY LINCOLN

Lewis Nkosi: The physical bearer of the offending word

In his lifetime, Lewis Nkosi arguably saw little effort in terms of intense engagement with his controversial critical inputs. In a review of a new anthology, Unathi Slasha tries…

  • Unathi Slasha
27 min read
Anti-apartheid actors protest outside the South African embassy in London. (PA Images/Getty Images)
AMILCAR CABRAL

Whither the arts in South Africa’s permanent crisis? The flawed logic of singling out Nathi Mthethwa

It is the ANC as a whole that maintains a bureaucratic view of the arts, failing to afford it its proper place in society

  • Njabulo Zwane
5 min read
The gift of the gab: Vusi Mchunu’s literary works are varied, encompassing translations, essays and poems. (Paul Botes)
ABDUL ALKALIMAT

Review: Macingwanes’s salutations to the cosmos

Pleiades: Isilimela, the latest poetry collection by Vusi Mchunu — who writes under his clan name, Macingwane — is a deeply personal meditation

  • Sandile Ngidi
8 min read