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Black and Female

Black and Female

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Lebohang Masango, Thandiwe Ntshinga and Sue Nyamnjoh talk to Dela Gwala about navigating postcolonial reality.

This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

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Black and Female

Black and Female

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Lebohang Masango, Thandiwe Ntshinga and Sue Nyamnjoh talk to Dela Gwala about navigating postcolonial [...]

Heritage Politics

Heritage Politics

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Tessa Dooms, Nadia Kamies and Patric Tariq Mellet speak to Lester Kiewit about grappling with [...]

Queerness and Cape Town

Queerness in Cape Town

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Zoey Black, Maneo Mohale and Manila von Teez explore Cape Town’s “queer capital” claims in [...]

The Performance of Normal

Performance of Normal

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Sarah Isaacs, Wisani Mushwana and Gail Schimmel speak toSihle-isipho Nontshokweni about the pervasive impacts [...]

Reimagining Rituals

Reimagining Rituals

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.Hugo ka Canham, Maneo Mohale and Jarred Thompson speak to Pumla Dineo Gqola about finding new ways to [...]

Enduring Connections

Enduring Connections

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Sven Axelrad, Sam Beckbessinger and Busisekile Khumalo speak to Daniella Djan about complex friendships.This event [...]

Motivations for Writing

Motivations for Writing

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.Athambile Masola, Nombeko Nontshokweni and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, speak toPumelela Nqelenga about writing to fill in gaps, unsilence [...]

Act of War

Act of War

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Andrew Brown, Craig Higginson and Farai Mudzingwa speak to Ziyanda Stuurman about the impact on [...]

uNobuntu

uNobuntu

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.This is Q&A session with Nombeko and Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni that followed the screening of Nobuntu, the personal journey [...]

Based on Truth

Based on Truth

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Craig Higginson, Wanjiru Koinange and David Ralph Viviers speak to Christy Weyer about blending research [...]