“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
Pitika Ntuli, South African sculptor, poet, writer, and academic who's work explores African spirituality, identity, and the legacy of colonialism through a multidisciplinary practice that blends art, language, and activism, writes Palestine in My Heart, a series of poems dedicated to the Children of Gaza who, in the words of the author "clutched crayons not weapons, and hugged dolls as the walls collapsed."