“…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
On The Mao: Perspectives on Art from Africa South edited by Mario Pissarra (ASAI, 2026)
An anthology of 14 texts that were originally published on the website of the Africa South Art Initiative. Texts focus on significant bodies of work and critical themes integral to the practice of particular artists, foregrounding the work of artists and writers in engaging with many of the pressing concerns of the postcolonial present. Includes introductory essay, bibliography, index, colour illus. (115), 208pp.
Editor/s: Mario Pissarra, with Thulile Gamedze, Fiona Mauchan and Keely Shinners.
Authors: Candice Allison, Thulile Gamedze, Candice Jansen, Stefanie Jason, M. Neelika Jayawardene, Thelma Mort, Sihle Motsa, Sibongile Oageng Msimango, Mario Pissarra, Khumo Sebambo, Keely Shinners, Lena Sulik, Elize van Huyssteen, Lize van Robbroeck.
Featured artists: Nirveda Alleck, Shelley Barry, Lizette Chirrime, Peter Clarke, Garth Erasmus, Gabrielle Goliath, Ann Gollifer, Randolph Hartzenberg, Lizza Littlewort, Nomusa Makhubu, Tuli Mekondjo, Cedric Nunn, Helena Uambembe, Mduduzi Xakaza.
Publisher: ASAI, March 2026
ISBN: ISBN 978-0-620-93854-9