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Open Book Festival

OBF2024: Poetry as Medicine

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.

In this discussion, Michèle Betty and Shari Daya speak to Bibi Burger about the possibilities of writing as a bridge to healing.

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.

OBF2024: Feminist Imaginings | Creative Practice

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.

Barbara Boswell, Pumla Dineo Gqola and Gothataone Moeng speak to Mbali Sikakana. This event is in collaboration with the NRF SARChI Chair in African Feminist Imagination at Nelson Mandela University.

The festival was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

OBF2024: Stories to Save Lives

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Siphokazi Jonas, Lesedi Molefi and Margie Orford speak to Buhle Ngaba about writing mental health.

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.

OBF2024: Conversations with Mohale | Celebrating Unruly Women

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.

Pumla Dineo Gqola, Damilare Kuku and Zukiswa Wanner celebrate unruly women with Mohale Mashigo.

This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the Heinrich Böll Foundation. and the City of Cape Town.

OBF2024: Finding Ways to Talk

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.

Megan Choritz, Haidar Eid and Nathi Ngubane discuss softening the hard lines in conversations about Gaza. Chaired by Pippa Green.

This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the City of Cape Town.

Black and Female

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Lebohang Masango, Thandiwe Ntshinga and Sue Nyamnjoh talk to Dela Gwala about navigating postcolonial reality.

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.

Heritage Politics

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.
In this event, Tessa Dooms, Nadia Kamies and Patric Tariq Mellet speak to Lester Kiewit about grappling with the past to imagine a future.

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.

Queerness in Cape Town

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.

In this event, Zoey Black, Maneo Mohale and Manila von Teez explore Cape Town’s “queer capital” claims in the company of Lwando Scott.

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.

Performance of Normal

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.

In this event, Sarah Isaacs, Wisani Mushwana and Gail Schimmel speak to

Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni about the pervasive impacts of shame.

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.

Reimagining Rituals

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.

Hugo ka Canham, Maneo Mohale and Jarred Thompson speak to Pumla Dineo Gqola about finding new ways to live.

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.