In this episode, Lulama Mali, Athambile Masola and Bonile Ngqiyaza speak to Wamuwi Mbao about the work of adding the missing voices to our history.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2026 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this episode, Lulama Mali, Athambile Masola and Bonile Ngqiyaza speak to Wamuwi Mbao about the work of adding the missing voices to our history.This is a recording of a live event that took place [...]
In this episode, Sanah Ahsan, Siphokazi Jonas and Lebogang Matseke speak to Maneo Mohale about divinity, desire, and the intentional work of recalibrating our minds.This is a recording of a live event that took place [...]
In this episode, Zubayr Charles, Preven Reddy and Wesley Roodt speak to Riley Herbert-Henry about creating space for vulnerability for both reader and writer.This is a recording of a live event that took place at [...]
In this episode Dan Corder, Caryn Dolley and Tara Roos speak to Karabo Rajuili about political activism, the current state of South Africa, and finding credible news sources.This is a recording of a live event [...]
In this event Noma Tsheleza facilitates an interactive conversation with Michelle Myeko Kekana, the author of The Fragile Mental Health of Strong Women. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the [...]
In this event Wale Lawal, Athambile Masola and Moray Rhoda speak to Sue Nyamnjoh about meaning making in the age of AI. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September [...]
In this event Veruska De Vita, Traci Kwaai and Malika Ndlovu speak to Zolani Mahola about the work of reclaiming ancestral and intimate connections to our rivers and oceans. This is a recording of a live [...]
In this event Sven Axelrad, Lebo Mazibuko and Ntombifuthi Nkabinde speak to Lufefe Boss about working through the trauma left by problematic parents. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the [...]
In this event, Foluso Agbaje, Rémy Ngamije and Sarah Uheida speak to Erin Bates about journeying with grief.This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the [...]
In this event, Maneo Mohale speaks to literary icon, Tsitsi Dangarembga, about bearing witness to complex states of Black girlhood in her powerful world-bending Tambudzai and Nyasha trilogy (Nervous Conditions, The Book of Not, This [...]
