“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
Botsotso 18: Poetry (Botsotso, 2018)
Botsotso 18: Poetry (Botsotso, 2018)
With over seventy poets represented, this is a bumper edition of the journal and given the number of interesting and accomplished poems received (since publishing Botsotso 17), its worthwhile break from tradition and is wholly dedicated to poetry.
