“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
medupi publishing
medupi is a rehearsal of freedom, a house of collective study, a taking in of breath into bodies - celestial and more. These are small exercises and practices of abundance. medupi is an invitation to be fearlessly free. The practice is in book and thought formations energised by the many worlds we inhabit. Kabelo Malatsie founded medupi after working on books for many years in various capacities; as editor, distributor, and publisher.
