“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
Ityala Lamawele by S.E.K. Mqhayi (Lovedale, 1981)
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Translated to The Lawsuit of the Twins to be the first extant novel in the isiXhosa language . At the center of it is an epic legal trial between two heirs of the court of King Hintsa kaKhawutha. It has also been adapted into a TV drama by the SABC.