“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 Invention of Zimbabwe (April 2018)
This issue of the Chronic writes Zimbabwe beyond white fears and the Africa-South conundrum. Its a story that cannot be told without the music that has driven, documented and revolted against it.
With new work by Kudzanai Chiurai on the cover, inside read takes by Panashe Chigumadzi, Netsayi Chigwendere, Chirikure Chirikure, Brian Chikwava, Rudo Mudiwa, Percy Zvomuya, Nora Chipaumire, Nonstikelelo Mutiti, Clapperton Mavhunga, Bernard Matambo, Zenzele Ndebele, Ranga Mberi and many many more.
The accompanying books magazine, XIBAARU TEERE YI (Chronic Books in Wolof) asks the urgent question: What can African Writers Learn from Cheikh Anta Diop? The cover is a graphic homage to Diop’s Taxaw. Texts from Boubacar Boris Diop, Khadim Ndiaye, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Ibrahima Wane, Ayesha Haruna Atta, Mamadou Diallo, and more
