Together in the Picture
John Peffer scans the photographic styles that image a black South African self outside the Apartheid frames of negation, negativity and separation.
John Peffer scans the photographic styles that image a black South African self outside the Apartheid frames of negation, negativity and separation.
Perhaps the use of alternative points of emphasis is an attempt to subvert easy comprehension by those outside the community. “Who no know go know,” as Fela said.
We are delighted to present a live reading of “Night with the Elephant”, as rehearsal for a radio play, and to launch “The Revolutionary Thoughts of Kwame Nkrumah”, a new collection published by Inkani Books (Jhb) and edited by Efemia Chela and Vijay Prashad – Efemia will present this new collection before the reading.
In those moments all that noise seems to come together like a finely arranged orchestra. Every move, every gun shot, on cue as if conducted.
Myriad and alienating bureaucratic procedures often delay the passing of souls in a tortuous passing of time. Florence Madenga recalls the way back home.
…There is nothing like art – in the oppressor’s sense of art. There is only movement. Force. Creative power.
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Thursday 22 August 2024, 6pm
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Saturday 15 Feb from 8pm at Chimurenga Factory, 157 Victoria road, Woodstock
In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June ’76, PASS presents a live recording of a once-off performance of SOCIAL BREATH by ASHER GAMEDZE and the BLACK LUNGS
The launch of two long-awaited books on our dearly departed teacher. Thursday, Jan 30 from 6pm at Chimurenga Factory, 157 Victoria Road, Woodstock, Cape Town.
Frank B. Wilderson draws from his memory of student protests in 1993 at Vista University in Soweto.
What if you don’t want a microwave meal? What if you want to season and stew your dishes, make them undeniably your own? “Fairytales For Lost Children” is a reflection of that old-school vibration.