“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
Palestine in My Hear by Pitika Ntuli (Botsotso, 2025)
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."