Out of sight and out of mind in High Care
Mike Abrahams recently spent seven weeks as an involuntary patient at Valkenberg Hospital, a state psychiatric facility in Cape Town. The following is his account of time under observation in a secure unit. Sitting alone in the reception area of Valkenberg Hospital’s High Care Unit, I am trapped in silence. I am waiting, I don’t […]
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Reluctantly Loud
Interventions in the History of a Land Occupation By Koni Benson and Faeza Me In memory of Domitila Barrios de Chungara, who died in 2012 before we could compare notes on intervening in history.[1] “This is the truth, we would go home if we could, we don’t know where home is. I have spoken to Council, […]
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Chimurenga People include: Ntone Edjabe (publisher & editor-in-chief); Stacy Hardy (books & oration); Dominique Malaquais (art & pedagogy); Paula Akugizibwe (systems of governance); Graeme Arendse (design & layout); Andrea Meeson, Rustum Kozain, (copy); Bongani Kona, Akin Adesokan, Mamadou Diallo, Moses Marz, Kolade Arogundade (contributing editors); Langelihle Mthembu (editorial assistants); Brenda Skelenge, Esthie Hugo and Jessica Rurcell (proofreading). A – […]