“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: The Corpse Exhibition & Older Graphic Stories (August 2016) Print - 2017 Winner Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Graphic Novel by Africans
This issue of the Chronic, explores ideas around mythscience, science fiction and graphic storytelling. Based on the graphic stories of the Africa of the past, it attempts to build a new juxtaposition of cartoons and graphic writing.
Contributors include Native Maqari, Breeze Yoko, Francis Burger, Nikhil Singh, London Kamwendo, Thenjiwe Nkosi, Graeme Arendse, Loyiso Mkize and many others.
