“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
Dirty Washing by The Botsotso Jesters (Botsotso, 1999)
This is the second compilation of work by The Botsotso Jesters with a similar structure to the first but the landscape format of the book, with its intensive graphic drawings, doodles, scripts and patterns, and insightful preface by Donald Parenzee, makes it a worthy sequel. Of interest is the carry through of certain themes and styles but also the new turns and tones that justify fresh attention.
Collective and Individual Poems by Siphiwe ka Ngwenya, Isabella Motadinyane, Allan Kolski Horwitz, Ike Mboneni Muila, and Anna Varney.