This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
In this event, Festival Director Mervyn Sloman talks to Mohale Mashigo, Lesedi Molefi and Mbali Sikakana about the ways in which Black writers are expected to perform once they have published, how many of these performances involve negotiating white spaces, what needs to change and why we have been having the same conversation for years.
The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Festival Director Mervyn Sloman talks to Mohale Mashigo, Lesedi Molefi and Mbali [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, David Cornwell, Caryn Dolley and Nthato Mokgata speak to Edgar Pieterse about [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, James Murua and Rémy Ngamije speak to Mervyn Sloman about [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Popina Khumanda, Malika Ndlovu and Jeffrey Rakabe speak to Firdose Moonda about [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Wale Lawal, editor at The Republic is in conversation with Will Shoki, [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Azille Coetzee, Alistair Mackay and Kopano Maroga speak to Céline Tshika about [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, renowned theoretical physicist, Adriana Marais, speaks to Jacinta Delhaize and Daniel Cunnama [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Adekeye Adebajo and Bibi Bakare-Yusuf speak to Maneo Mohale about rethinking our [...]
This is a live recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Siphokazi Jonas, Athambile Masola and Ryan Pedro speak to Pieter [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Antjie Krog, Lebo Mazibuko and Malika Ndlovu speak to Buhle Ngaba [...]
