“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
How to Know What's Really Going On by Frances McKee, in Arabic (Kayfa ta, 2016)
In this post-truth era, how can we navigate the endless supply of information and choose a viable narrative of reality? In "How to Know What's Really Going On," Glasgow-based writer and curator Francis McKee looks at the many techniques for determining what the truth is, from the perspectives of spy agencies and secret informants to mystics and scientists.