“Mandela was not the only head of state taken in by Koagne. Le king kept snapshots of himself with many a man of power, among them Mobutu Sese Seko and Denis Sassou Nguesso […] He took Mobutu for 15 million dollars. Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso lost 40 million to him. Sassou, Etienne Eyadéma of Togo, several high officials of Gabon, Tanzania and Kenya, a member of the Spanish government and an ex-operative of the Israeli Mossad were bamboozled as well.” – Dominique Malaquais (Blood Money: A Douala Chronicle).
Bantu Serenade by Ntone Edjabe (featuring Nah-ee-lah) (read excerpt)
Santu Mofokeng: Trajectory of a street photographer (part1) (read excerpt)
Binyavanga Wainaina: Hell In Bed With Mrs Peprah (read excerpt)
Dominique Malaquais: Lindela (the winnie suite) (read excerpt)
Boubacar Boris Diop: Myriem (read excerpt)
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Neo Muyanga
Lovedale Heirloom Collection 2
A beautiful collection of historically significant titles from the Lovedale Press archives.
This box set comes in a Lovedale Press tote bag - the second edition designed by BODYLAND merged the press’ vintage logo and a text that is believed to be the first text published in the isiXhosa language, marking the occasion of the language moving from oral graphic to textual . VOW and BODYLAND seek to continue this legacy from text to embodied artist production.
VOW aims to prevent the doors of Lovedale Press from closure and to ensure that the legacy of the press continues through artistic embodiment . The Lovedale Heirloom Collection was started as a way of bringing books that have been out of print to the wider readership . Along with this VOW established BODYLAND - a residency and mentorship programme in the Tyume Valley, the site of the first isiXhosa printed word in 2024.
Titles in the box set include:
- IQWILI LESIZWE by S.C. Mbelu
- ABAZIBALULEYO NOKUBHALIWEYO NGESINTU by R.H.W. Shepherd
- IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ME – VOICES FROM SOMAFCO
- ITHEMBA LIYAPHILISA by Witness K. Tamsanqa
- UPHUMEZA by A.M. Dikana
- UMZALI WOLAHLEKO by Guybon B. Sinxo