“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 Chronic: Graphic Stories (July 2014) Digital
This issue of the Chronic focuses on graphic stories; comic journalism. Blending illustrations, photography, written analysis, infographics, interviews, letters and more, visual narratives speak of everyday complexities in the Africa in which we live.
Contributions by Binyavanga Wainaina, Native Maqari, Biyi Bandele, Dudumalingani Mqombothi, Buntu Fihla, Victor Gama, Willem Boshoff, Lesego Rampolokeng interviews Mafika Gwala, Paula Akugizibwe, Kangsen Wakai, Vincent Plisson and many others.
