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Cities of Trauma

OBF2024: Cities of Trauma

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Karen Jennings, Alistair Mackay and Niq Mhlongo speak to Athambile Masola about the intersection of urban spaces and characters’ lived experiences. Presented by African Literary Cities.

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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Cities of Trauma

OBF2024: Cities of Trauma

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Karen Jennings, Alistair Mackay and Niq Mhlongo speak to Athambile Masola about the intersection of [...]

Reading the Streets

OBF2024: Reading the Streets

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this conversation, Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti, Gothataone Moeng and Ivan Vladislavić speak to Amrita Pande about vulnerability, safety [...]

Uncontrollable Bodies

OBF2024: Uncontrollable Bodies

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this conversation, Busisekile Khumalo, Siya Khumalo and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu speak to Amogelang Maledu about subversive [...]

LISTENING PARTY KOLEKA PUTUMA

OBF2024: Listening Party | Koleka Putuma

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.A sonic conversation with Koleka Putuma and Dani Kyengo O’Neill.This event was made possible by the support of [...]

Family and Forgiveness

OBF2024: Family and Forgiveness

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Michèle Betty and Damilare Kuku speak to Sue Nyamnjoh about paths to acceptance.This event [...]

The Absent and the Present

OBF2024: The Absent and the Present

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Charmaine Africa, Alistair Mackay and Thobeka Yose speak to Lester Kiewit about writing fathers.This [...]

Colonialism and Fracture

Colonialism and Fracture

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Siphokazi Jonas, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Lebogang Seale speak to Mapule Mohulatsi about rebuilding the [...]

Class Acts(1)

OBF2024: Class Acts

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Nicky Greenwall, Alistair Mackay and Zibu Sithole discuss writing privilege in their entertaining novels in [...]

Bringing up Feminist Boys

OBF2024: Bringing Up Feminist Boys

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Barbara Boswell, Pumla Dineo Gqola and Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa speak to Floretta Boonzaier about raising [...]

Love and Other Toxins

OBF2024: Love and Other Toxins

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.In this discussion, Sven Axelrad, Shubnum Khan and Alex Latimer speak to Dela Gwala about the many faces [...]