“…The struggle of black people inevitably appear in an intensely cultural form because the social formation in which their distinct political traditions are now manifest has constructed the arena of politics on ground overshadowed by centuries of metropolitan capitalist development, thereby denying them recognition as legitimate politics. Blacks conduct a class struggle in and through race. The BC of race and class cannot be empirically separated, the class character of black struggles is not a result of the fact that blacks are predominantly proletarian, thought this is true…”- (Frank Talk Staff Writers in ‘Azania Salutes Tosh’ – circa 1981)
front cover:
Tosh by Steve Gordon
back cover:
Kippie by Basil Breakey
Chimurenga Chronic: The Corpse Exhibition & Older Graphic Stories (August 2016) Print - 2017 Winner Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Graphic Novel by Africans
This issue of the Chronic, explores ideas around mythscience, science fiction and graphic storytelling. Based on the graphic stories of the Africa of the past, it attempts to build a new juxtaposition of cartoons and graphic writing.
Contributors include Native Maqari, Breeze Yoko, Francis Burger, Nikhil Singh, London Kamwendo, Thenjiwe Nkosi, Graeme Arendse, Loyiso Mkize and many others.
