Chimurenga 3 – Biko in Parliament (November 2002)

“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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Uhuru Portia Phalafala

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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.

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