Monday Blues for Sandile Dikeni
By Chronic / November 9, 2019
Join us in celebrating the life and work of our dearly departed brother and comrade, the poet, journalist and griot of liberation struggles.
RIP Sandile Dikeni
By Chronic / November 8, 2019
Rest in peace Sandile Dikeni – poet, brother, comrade, a voice of truth and dissent and long time contributor to Chimurenga. We pay respect with this archive of his writing published by Chimurenga.
HOW THE WEST WAS LOST
By Chronic / November 6, 2019
If one thinks about it the whole thing goes back to amaQheya; the cultural proletariat… a proletariat with a cultural history that has taught it to be careful of an African existence…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows.
By Chronic / December 15, 2010
“I have been always where I am today. Why do they speak of me as if I am emerging from the dark?” Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows.
FESTAC ’77: PASS Playlist
By Chronic / October 9, 2019
A Festac 77 Mixtape featuring Randy Weston, Mandla Langa, Carlos Moore, The Blue Notes, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Michael McMillan, Miriam Makeba, Gilberto Gil, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Ray Lema and of course, Fela Kuti (voiced by Kolade Arogundade).
FESTAC ’77 Celebration in New York City – 23 – 25 October 2019
By Chronic / October 9, 2019
From 23 – 25 October 2019, Chimurenga will install its Pan African Space Station (PASS) at The New School’s Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, New York City.
FESTAC 77 BOOK – Sample spreads
By Chronic / October 1, 2019
448 pages, colour illustrations featuring extensive unseen photographic and archival materials, interviews and new commissions.