“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
PER ANKH Publishing
PER ANKH Publishing is an African publishing cooperative, who researches Africa’s literature, oral and written, from its origins in the Nile valley over six thousand years ago. They process their research findings as novels, essays, Ebooks, audiobooks, and multilingual translations of ancient Egyptian texts. The aim: To facilitate an accurate understanding of Africa’s scientific and artistic heritage.
