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Up Close with Maneo

OBF2024: Up Close with Maneo

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
Join Maneo Mohale and Koleka Putuma for a session exploring each other’s work and what poetry makes possible.
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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Up Close with Maneo

OBF2024: Up Close with Maneo

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.Join Maneo Mohale and Koleka Putuma for a session exploring each other’s work and what poetry makes possible.This [...]

Understanding Exile

OBF2024: Understanding Exile

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this event, Oyama Mabandla, Uhuru Phalafala and Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo speak to Ncedisa Nkonyeni about disrupted lives.This event [...]

Chosen Family

OBF2024: Chosen Family

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this conversation, Sven Axelrad, Gothataone Moeng and Buntu Siwisa speak to Anna Stroud about building the world [...]

Queer Freedom

OBF2024: Queer Freedom

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Siya Khumalo and Eloghosa Osunde speak to Kelly-Eve Koopman about fluid characters and homophobic spaces.This [...]

Navigating Religious Trauma

OBF2024: Navigating Religious Trauma

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Siphokazi Jonas, Pontsho Pilane and Thobeka Yose speak to Maneo Mohale about inherited belief [...]

Living Dystopian Realities (2)

OBF2024: Living Dystopian Realities

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Nick Clelland, Olivia Coetzee and Tanya Meeson speak to Keely Shinners about creating fictional worlds [...]

Patriarchy and Desire

OBF2024: Patriarchy and Desire

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this event, Busisekile Khumalo, Hamza Koudri and Zukiswa Wanner speak to Wanelisa Xaba about sex and power.This [...]

The Dispossessed

OBF2024: The Dispossessed

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this event, Haidar Eid, Uhuru Phalafala and Lebogang Seale speak to Aphiwe Ngalo about land, forced removal, [...]

The Archive of Everyday

OBF2024: The Archive of Everyday

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Shubnum Khan, Nathan Trantraal and Ivan Vladislavić talk about living histories with Nkgopoleng Moloi.This event [...]

Trust Issues

OBF2024: Trust Issues

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Oyama Mabandla, Alan Storey and Joy Watson speak to Rebecca Davis about how to engage [...]