“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
Zidedele Zibulalane! by Themba Qwabe (Bhiyoza Publishers, 2019)
Incwadi yeqoqo lezinkondlo ethi Zidedele Zibulalane iwumnikelo wezinkondlo zezimbongi ezinamagalelo emibhalweni yesiZulu. Ukucija nokugweba kwazo ngezimpondo zombili kucacile kuzo zonke izinkondlo ezibhalwe ngobuchule nangolimi olublabahlosie oluqukethe ubumbongi obungangatshazwa. Kuzona kukhona izimbongi zesilisa nezesifazane eziveza ukuhlwabusa kwemiqondo yazo nokujula ekubukeni kwazo ngehlo elijulile iziga nezinselelo zempilo ezibhekene nesizwe kanye nezwekazi lonke lase-Afrika kanye nomhlaba wonkana. Izimbongi zithinte izindikimba eziningi ezihlukahlukene okwenza incwadi yonke inone.
Zifundele uzizwele ubungcweti nokusuleka kolimi Iwaleyo naleyo mbongi enikele ngokuvuthwa komqondo wayo enkundleni yokujikijelana kwezimvava bese uzisholo nawe uthi, Zidedele Zibulalane!