Monthly Archives: December 2012
Reclaiming Afrikaans
Members from the Afrikaaps production made a turn in Manenberg and spoke to youth about reclaiming language, identity and instilling pride in their own culture, reclaiming Afrikaans with a Kaapse twist.
Reading Nadine Gordimer
Tessa Hadley, regular contributor to ‘The New Yorker’ reads and discusses Nadine Gordimer’s 1975 story, ‘City Lovers’.
A conversation with Kurt Vonnegut
In a 1991 interview with Michael Atwood, the late Kurt Vonnegut discusses the importance of reading, the implications of the first Gulf War, censorship and suicide, and U.S. history.
South African zeitgeist 2012: a satirical chronicle
Kate Ellis-Cole attends the launch of But Will It Stand Up In Court, and is treated to a recap of the year’s local news events, Zapiro style.