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Monthly Archives: January 2014
“I’m Not An African Writer, Damn You!”
How to break out of the glamorised abjections of “African writing”? Akin Adesokan takes issue with the limitations of the African writer.
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Tagged African writing, Binyavanga Wainana, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, NoViolet Bulawayo, satire, TED talk
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Debating agency: the case of hip-hop
Adam Haupt blogs about the need to talk about hip-hop and how we can use it to challenge power.
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Tagged Activism, apartheid, censorship, DJ Azuhl, DJ Eazy, DJ Ready D, Hip-hop, Prophets of da City, Racism, UCT Summer school
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Gail Schimmel ’fesses up
What would you do if you discovered that your in-laws harboured a dark family secret? Gail Schimmel shares with Chantelle Gray van Heerden.
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Tagged Gail Schimmel, literary writers, multiple perspectives, novel, post-feminism, sexuality, story-tellers, zoo
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A world of sharp edges: Part Three
Read the final instalment of André Naffis-Sahely’s account of the Dancing in Other Words Festival.
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Tagged Breyten Breytenbach, Carolyn Forché, Dancing in Other Words, Ko Un, Kole Omotoso, Petra Müller, poetry
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