“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
Chimurenga 03: Biko in Parliament (November 2002) Digital
Is black consciousness dead?
Takes by Keoraptsi Kgotsisile, Gail Smith, Dominique Malaquais, Santu Mofokeng, Lebogang Mashile, Lesego Rampolokeng, Neo Muyanga, Tope Omoniyi, Dominique Malaquais, Masello Motana, Boris Boubacar Diop, Don Mattera, Binyavanga Wainaina, Mark Anthony Neal and many others.
