This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
In this event Sven Axelrad, Khaya Dlanga and Karen Vermeulen speak to Dela Gwala about the necessity of humour to process pain.
The festival is 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 Sven Axelrad, Khaya Dlanga and Karen Vermeulen speak to Dela Gwala about [...]
In this event Zara Julius, Vusumzi Ngxande and Jeffrey Rakabe speak to Wanelisa Xaba about turning away from modernity and exploring the multilayeredness of African cosmologies. This is a recording of a live event that took [...]
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, Frankie Murrey and Sarah Uheida speak to Bongani Kona 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, Rebecca Gore, Adekeye Adebajo and Edgar Pieterse speak to Alexandra Dodd 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, Alexandra Dodd, Bongani Kona and Antjie Krog discuss memoir and personal nonfiction [...]
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Goretti Kyomuhendo and Zulaikha Patel speak to Mohale Mashigo [...]
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 [...]
