“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…
Cover:
Strange Fruit by Lewis Allen
Graves in the Water by Salah Yousif (Propeller Berlin, 2023)
Poetry collection by Salah Yousif, born and raised in Sudan, based in Berlin since 1970s. Salah worked in various fields, most recently dealing in antiques and African art. He has been writing poems in Arabic since his youth; they have been translated into German, English, and Danish. He has published five volumes of poetry and contributed to three other books. Yousif lives and works in Berlin.