“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
Uhuru Portia Phalafala
Uhuru Portia Phalafala is a Senior Lecturer in English at Stellenbosch University and holds a PhD in English Literature. Her research interests include critical race studies, decoloniality, and Black radical traditions. She explores the practices of being alongside ancestors, land, and nature, which has resulted in essays, poetry, and a sonic documentary. Phalafala is the author of Mine Mine Mine (2023) and Keorapetse Kgositsile & the Black Arts Movement (2024), and is a contributor to The Creative Arts: On Practice, Making and Meaning.
