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Category: Healing & bodies

Madala Kunene and Sibusile Xaba – KwaNTU LIVE

BAFO & XABA LIVE Saturday 8 November 2025 from 7pm

ETUK UBONG – LIVE at Jam House (Birmingham, UK)

Tuesday 7 Oct from 8pm(SAST) tune in live via the

THE USEFULNESS OF FORGETTING

The usefulness of forgetting, a review of Were Were Liking's

Senselessness

Stacy Hardy reviews the English translation of Horacio Castellanos Moya‘s

A GATHERING – for Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

A two-part memorial reading Monday 30 June & Wednesday 2

LOUIS TEBOGO MOHOLO (1940-2025)

FATIMA AND THE DUST – a listening session with Leila Bencharnia

Live via the Pan African Space Station, Friday 6 June,

KOYO KOUOH (1967-2025)

We mourn the passing of our dearly departed sister and

The Power of Green Crayons

Agri Ismaïl recalls growing up off the map... belonging to

Bajove Dokotela

Let the good Dr [Philip Tabane] inject you in three

LISTEN: SOCIAL BREATH – Asher Gamedze and THE BLACK LUNGS

In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June ’76,

On Mermaids and Microwaves

What if you don’t want a microwave meal? What if

Homeless in the Afterlife

Myriad and alienating bureaucratic procedures often delay the passing of

SANKOFA – A Conversation and Listening Session with King Tha

Monday 22 July, from 6pm. Tune in at www.panafricanspacestation.org.za

NEW RELEASE! Four Stories About Music in Africa, Volume 1

a limited edition handmade box set featuring four publications from

Festac: Idia Tales – Three Takes and a Mask*

By Dominique Malaquais and Cedric Vincent

Somewhere between a scream and a lullaby

In a city where the boundaries between life and death

Breather’s Night

I love you, I put my hands over your eyes

Did You Kiss the Dead Body?

The act of creation is one that cannot be quantified,

Surviving Loss by Busisiwe Mahlangu (Impepho Press, 2018)

Mahlangu's debut collection, written between 2015 and 2018, is undoing

LAUNCHING THE BREATHERS – THE LATEST IN THE CHIMURENGANYANA SERIES

We are pleased to be launching the latest addition to

Chimurenganyana: The Breathers, A Collaborative Long Poem By Daniel Borzutzky And Stacy Hardy (May 2024)

The Breathers is an attempt to experiment with ways to

The Breathers, a collaborative long poem by Daniel Borzutzky and Stacy Hardy

Latest Chimurenganyana Now Available in Stores!

Woza Moya

Maakomele R. Manaka revisits a soundtrack of his dreams, long

LISTEN: A TRIBUTE TO KELAN PHIL COHRAN

In honour of the late Kelan Phil Cohran we present,

Heliacal Rising of Sothis – a celebration of Kelan Phil Cohran

Chimurenga proudly presents "Heliacal Rising of Sothis", a celebration of

Preliminary Notes for a Mediterranean Manifesto

Connecting ancience and modern roots/routes Rasheed Araeen redraws the boundaries

AFRICAN DAY – a listening session with Tete Mbambisa

Wednesday, 27 March 2024 from 7pm Chimurenga Factory

Xamissa – The Water Archives by Henk Rossouw (Akashic Books, 2018)

SESASEDI SA TSODIO / SA KOŠA KE LEROLE: a screening of two film-essays

a screening of two-film essays Friday, 15 March 2024 from

EXHIBITORS AND PARTICIPANTS

Ubuhle Bendalo Community Arts Festival plays host to the following

Ubuhle Bendalo Community Arts Festival

16-18 February 2024 10am-10pm daily Chimurenga Factory

HOPHUIS: A SITE OF DANCE AND SOLIDARITY

Thursday, 09 November 2023 from 6pm. Chimurenga Factory

Never, ever let any monster abuse your science!

Renfrew Christie's Speech to the Science Graduation Ceremony of the

LAUNCHING MINE MINE MINE

Chimurenga Factory Thu, 12 Oct 2023 from 6pm

LIBERATION RADIO: MEDU ARTS ENSEMBLE

The music unit of Medu Arts Ensemble consisted of two

Chimurenganyana: The Garden Letters of Yvonne Vera by Tadiwa Madenga (Sep 2023)

In this monograph, Tadiwa Madenga travels to Bulawayo to retrace

LATEST CHIMURENGANYANA OUT NOW!

THE GARDEN LETTERS OF YVONNE VERA by Tadiwa Madenga

EPISTROPHIES

Saturday, 16 September 2023 from 6pm Chimurenga Factory (157 Victoria

Melodious Thunk

Everyone in the neighbourhood knew him. Walking to the shops,

CHIMURENGANYANA: MUSIC NOTEBOOK OUT NOW!

MUSIC NOTEBOOK by Ari Sitas

Chimurenganyana: Music Notebook by Ari Sitas (Aug 2023)

Music Notebook is at once a scrapbook, a bildungsroman, a

CLASS STRUGGLE IN MUSIC

Chimurenga Factory - 157 Victoria Rd, Woodstock Thursday, 17 August

Notes for an Oratorio on small things that fall

Aditi Hunma reviews the launch of Notes for an Oratorio

You Ain’t Gonna Know Me ‘Cos You Think You Know Me

a gathering 'n broadcast for our dearly departed brother Malesela

AZANIA EP LISTENING SESSION

Chimurenga Factory - Fri, 07 July 2023 from 6pm

CHIMURENGA PRESENTS SOCIAL BREATH

a collective improvisation 16 June 2023

LATEST IN STORE: CHANTS, DREAMS AND OTHER GRAMMARS OF LOVE

a gedenkschrift for Harry Garuba

REVIEW: AND THE BOOKS LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Harry Garuba reviews reissues of Amos Tutuola's writings

La Discothèque de Sarah Maldoror (tracklisting)

decomposed, an-arranged, and reproduced by Ntone Edjabe

FIELD RECORDINGS WITH SHABAKA HUTCHINGS

FIELD RECORDINGS WED, 22 FEB 2023 from 6PM

A RADIO PROGRAMME ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE MYSTIC REVELATION OF RASTAFARI

Live on PASS - 14 February 2023, from 6pm

GROUNATION – a tribute to the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari

“Grounation Day” marks the landing of Emperor Selassie I in

Chimurenga presents GROUNATION

a tribute to the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari

LIBERATION RADIO: TUMI MOGOROSI’S GROUP THEORY:BLACK MUSIC

The latest episode in the Stories About Music in Africa

MYSTIC REVELATION OF RASTAFARI

We shall open this new cycle of programming with a

CHIMURENGA@20: IN PRAISE OF INDIGENOUS AFRICAN WORDFORM

Have African literary forms been lost in a morass of

THE WRITINGS OF BINYAVANGA WAINAINA

Launching a new collection of writings by the late, great

LIBERATION RADIO

an ongoing query on knowledge production via African sound worlds,

PASS LANDING IN DAR-ES-SALAAM

From 10 – 14 August 2022, we presented another edition

I’M NOT WHO YOU THINK I’M NOT

Serubiri Moses reflects on Binyavanga Wainaina’s refusal to fit neatly

I am a homosexual, Mum

A lost chapter from One Day I Will Write About

CHIMURENGA@20: Midway Between Silence and Speech

The art and incarnation of Justine Gaga.

LIBERATION RADIO: MASELLO MOTANA’S VOCAL MUSEUM

The latest episode in the Stories About Music in Africa

MALCOLM JIYANE’S TREE-O

Live at Chimurenga Factory - Fri, 28 October 2022

TUMI MOGOROSI’S GROUP THEORY:BLACK MUSIC

Live at Chimurenga Factory - Sat, 22 Oct 2022

The Music Mind of Greg Tate: Sonic Syllabus for a Patternmaster

A 5-hour music selection in memory of Greg Tate on

LIBERATION MUSIC AT THE CHIMURENGA FACTORY – OCTOBER 2022

Tumi Mogorosi's Group Theory:Black Music and Malcolm Jiyane's Tree-O

CHIMURENGA@20: MURIMI MUNHU

Panashe Chigumadzi travels to the rural Zimbabwe of her ancestors,

Euredice Zaituna Kala’s JE SUIS L’ARCHIVE / I, THE ARCHIVE

Live on PASS - 13 Sep 2022 from 6pm

LIBERATION RADIO

We’re proud to present a new edition of “Liberation Radio”

CHIMURENGA@20: AZANIA SALUTES TOSH

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the death

SOUNDGARDEN

a live reading for Bessie Head's 85th 13 July 2022

MASELLO MOTANA’S VOCAL MUSEUM

Live at the Chimurenga Factory

CHIMURENGA@20: STICKFIGHTING DAYS

Everyone knows I’m a two-stick man. But, I’m not ready

IN MEMORIAM: OMOSEYE BOLAJI (1964-2022)

We remember Nigerian-born writer, Omoseye Bolaji (1964-2022), and his immense

CHIMURENGA@20: WHEN YOU KILL US, WE RULE!

In 1996, Keziah Jones visited Kalakuta Republic every day for

CHIMURENGA@20: MONDAY BLUES FOR SANDILE DIKENI

The most recent episode of Stories About Music in Africa

LIBERATION RADIO: PEOPLE WHO THINK TOGETHER, DANCE TOGETHER #7

Conversations with Christian Nyampeta, featuring Hannah Black, Sasha Bonét, Natacha

CHIMURENGA@20: THE WARM-UP

The xenophobic violence that swept through many communities in South

Launching NOTES FOR AN ORATORIO ON SMALL THINGS THAT FALL

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 Chimurenga Factory 6pm

iPhupho L’ka Biko – live at the Chimurenga Factory

Thursday, 31 March 2022 7pm

Chimurenganyana: You Look Illegal by Paula Ihozo Akugizibwe (Feb 2022)

A mediation on skin, violence, and the limits of citizenship

CHIMURENGA@20: A Silent Way – Routes of South African Jazz, 1946-1978

Where to begin? Which silences? There are many.

Liberation Radio: Cape Town – 15-18 March 2022

Live on PASS: 15th-18th March 2022, 3-6pm

PASS LANDING AT KUNSTNERNES HUS, OSLO

From Wednesday, 17 - Saturday, 20 February, 2021, Pan African

CHIMURENGANYANA: THE FEAR AND LOATHING OUT OF HARARE BY DAMBUDZO MARECHERA (DEC 2021)

with supplementary urban map of Harare

MEDITATIONS ON JIMI HENDRIX

by Greg Tate All roads lead to Jimi Hendrix.

THE BROTHER MOVES ON RETURNS

Chimurenga Factory Saturday, 06 November 2021

Pieces of Dominique

The writings, translations and ideas of our dearly departed friend,

Koltan Kills Kids

By Tsuba Ka 23 (Dominique Malaquais, Mowoso, Kongo Astronauts)

Out of Sight

A short story by Yambo Ouologuem adapted from the French

Rumblin’

By Dominique Malaquais

JOKER’S WILD (SLIGHT RETURN)

By Dominique Malaquais

ON THE BRIDGE

By Koffi Kwahulé (translated by Dominique Malaquais)

FRANTZ – A STORY OF BONES

By Dominique Malaquais

SEXING AFRICA, AGAIN – POP AS POLITICS: WATCH IT TONIGHT ON HBO

By Dominique Malaquais

PAINT THE WHITE HOUSE BLACK – A CALL TO ARMS

By Dominique Malaquais

CHE IN THE CONGO, ELECTRIC GUITARS AND THE INVENTION OF AFRICA

Featuring solos by Franco Luambo Makiadi, Pepe Felly Manuaku, Bansimba

NEW STORIES ABOUT MUSIC IN AFRICA

PASS presents: Salim Washington, Dalisu Ndlazi, Asher Gamedze in conversation

READING FRED HO

Gwen Ansell and Salim Washington celebrate the revolutionary life, language

Chimurenganyana: Home Is Where The Music Is by Uhuru Phalafala (September 2021)

WHO WILL SAVE THE SAVIOURS?

A close gaze at the collective apathy that killed Dr.

From Seven Modes for Hood Science

The black spirit is universally sick with dissimulation and at

“Angazi, but I’m sure”: A Raw Académie Session

CHIMURENGA SESSION: THE AFRO EURASIAN ECLIPSE

Madala ‘Bafo’ Kunene – LIVE at Slave Church, Cape Town

QAMATA PULA — an ancestral invocation

PASS LANDING AT LAVOIR MODERNE PARISIEN, PARIS

Between the Lines of an Unpatriotic Presidential Pre-Recorded Address

FOURTH REPUBLIC 19 conducts a post-mortem on not-so-presidential minutes in

SALIM WASHINGTON, DALISU NDLAZI, ASHER GAMEDZE… IN CONVERSATION

Thursday, 24 June 2021 - 6pm

Chimurenganyana: Even When My Soup-curlers Slur, I Still Keep the Take by Georgia Anne Muldrow (June 2021)

A limited Chimurenganyana edition of Even When My Soup-Curlers Slur,

EVEN WHEN MY SOUP-CURLERS SLUR BY GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW – OUT NOW!

A limited Chimurenganyana edition of Even When My Soup-Curlers Slur,

The Enemy in Her Imagination: A Fable

Rahel first met the young, 11-year old boy, on December

BLACK SUNLIGHT – A broadcast for Dambudzo Marechera on his 69th

PANAFEST, hosted by Chimurenga

A web documentary, audio-video archive and online cartography, that chronicles

On the Digital Application of Ancestral Work

African spirituality as practiced digitally was amplified by COVID-19.

POVERTY IS OLDER THAN OPULENCE

Diego Maradona is the man who exploded the shame of

QAMATA PULA, an ancestral invocation

iPhupho L’ka Biko and Pan African Space Station present QAMATA

A TRIBUTE TO DON CHERRY’S ORGANIC MUSIC SOCIETY (1967 – 1978)

The 12th Annual Abdullah Ibrahim Festival

Nigeria’s Superstar Men Of God

Who needs the God of the bible with his promises

African Cities Reader I: Pan-African Practices

Featuring writing and musings by Rustum Kozain, Jean-Christophe Lanquetin, Gabeba

African Cities Reader II: Mobilities & Fixtures

The second installment of the Reader features Sean O’Toole, David

African Cities Reader III: Land, Property & Value

The third installment of the Reader explores the unholy trinity

THE POETRY OF ABBEY LINCOLN

Live from 5pm Friday 21 August 2020 panafricanspacestation.org.za

Abbey Lincoln’s Scream: Poetic Improvisation as a Way of Life

We are standing under a glaring spotlight screaming at the

TRACKS

MADEYOULOOK collective met with photographer Santu Mofokeng to establish the

Yellow Fever, Nko?

Skin bleaching is often described as a manifestation of ‘colo-mentality’.

RIP PAPA GEORGE

They Won’t Go When I Go

A Manifesto/ Meditation on State of Black Archives in America

How Third World Students Liberated the West

In a twist to mainstream tropes of radical student movements

Monumental Failures

By Dominique Malaquais

Quel Est L’Endroit Idéal

Les Brasseries du Cameroun is the country’s largest industry and

Listen to “Sankomota: An Ode in One Album”

On 31 May, we hosted the launch of Phehello Mofokeng‘s

SALUT GLISSANT

“Nothing is true, everything is alive.” Moses März, imagines a

IN MEMORIAM: Binyavanga Wainaina (1971 – 2019)

A friend, a Chimurenga founding father, an award winning writer,

The Agronomist

Stacy Hardy follows the path of JJ Machobane, the social

Who invented truth

Tired of truth, I am. And metanarratives and more truth

Where Is This Place

Keguro Macharia asks how might one describe where One Day

DISCOVERING HOME

The Most Authentic Real Black Africanest Togo Soccer team Story

Nothing was impossible for a writer like him

Billy Kahora on Binyavanga Wainaina’s Work

How To Be A Dictator

Binyavanga Wainaina presents 16 Rules for Big Man aspirations

An excerpt from ‘Hell Is In Bed With Mrs Preprah’

Binyavanga Wainaina charts the aesthetics of black hair, beership and

Pass Me the Microphone: Phoebe Boswell

Stories and sounds from the Swahili coast… sampling Binyavanga Wainaina’s

Neo Muyanga – The Sex For Money No Power Mixtape

The Tyelera Moment

TO REFUSE THAT WHICH HAS BEEN REFUSED TO YOU

THINGS THAT GO IN AND OUT OF THE BODY

THINKING TOO MUCH

PORTRAIT OF MYSELF AS MY FATHER

New Trade Routes: Soccer Cities

Who Killed Kabila I

From December 13 – 17, 2017, Chimurenga installed a library

Home is where the music is

A Brief History of Fufu Pounding

The preparation of fufu is a far from the drudgery

Jollof Diaries – A letter from the frontline

How To Cook Your Husband The African Way

No Congo, No Technology

Second Transition

ALL I CAN SAY FOR NOW

Survivor’s Guide to Smelling Naais

Dagga

Rustum Kozain muses over the cultural and alternative relations built,

Bread of Life

African Cookbooks and Excess Luggage

How to Wear a Kitchen

STORIES ABOUT MUSIC IN AFRICA – Ingoma Yomzabalazo with Iphupho Lka Biko

Recorded live at Chimurenga HQ, Cape Town, in February 2017

Nollywood Kiss

brinjals

Marikana

Screaming Through the Galaxy

Climbing- A Letter from San Francisco

The Papers

The Mission of Forgetting

The Memory of Victory

Ingrained in the DNA of every male growing up in

CHIMURENGA@20: SISTER OUTSIDER

Yemisi Aribisala rails against the new fundamentalism cresting the wave

Curry Chronicles- Dal or Dhal, not Dull

Adult Alphabet

Sexing Africa, Again

Dear Dr. Schwab, Queen of Jordan

Binyavanga Wainaina responds to an invitation to participate in Young

Hanging Participle

Creating Theatre: A George Hallett Photo Essay

Variations on the Beautiful in the Congolese World of Sounds

by Achille Mbembe; translated by Dominique Malaquais

The Curry Chronicles, Part 1

Boyhood and Transit

Queenstown

Lotus Magazine

Under Nelson Mandela Boulevard

CHIMURENGA@20: SECULAR STORIES

Authenticity counts for something; the confidence that authenticity bestows counts

CHIMURENGA@20: WAITING FOR WAME

I am hungry. Tempted. In pain. I reach for the

I Think I’ll Call it Morning

Black Man in the White Suit

In a Time of Boko Haram

Re-Membering the Name of God

Secret Countries

How to Eat a Forest

Living Dangerously in Petroluanda

Neopats and Repats

Reviews in Brief

Portrait of the Artist as a Daughter

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