“Three generations of white South African men were bound together at that table. Vermuelen was the first generation. He defined Africa, made it safe for Basson to defile. I was the last generation, the last to grow up in segregated neighborhoods. Between us was the silent photograph of Wouter Basson. Like a distant father, Basson was absent at the dining table.” – Henk Rossouw (Hole in the White ‘Hood). Also Mahmood Mamdani on Bantu Education at UCT, Gael Reagon on sisterhood, Binyavanga Wainaina on dis-covering Kenya, Gaston Zossou on African intellectuals and more…
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Strange Fruit by Lewis Allen
Bird Song by Kemang Wa Lehulere (Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, 2017)
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Published to accompany Kemang Wa Lehulere's Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year 2017 exhibition, Bird Song, this monograph features an interview with the artist by curator Britta Färber about the show, as well as texts on his wider practice by Carlos Gamerro and Victoria Noorthoorn, Kate Nesin and Elvira Dyangani Ose. The book also incorporates a booklet, or 'Pumflet', made by Wa Lehulere and architect Ilze Wolff, presenting their exchanges around the poetry of Gladys Thomas and the paintings of Gladys Mgudlandlu - research which informs one of the exhibition's key works, the video Homeless Song 5.