Suburban Bliss
Is the new benchmark in South African cinema “Happiness Is A Four Letter Word”?
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Liduduma'lingani Mqombothi
Liduduma'lingani Mqombothi is a South African writer, filmmaker and photographer.
Goodbye John Shoes Moshoeu
The writer recalls his admiration for the South African midfielder, John Moshoeu, who passed away on April 21, 2015.
Stirring the Spirits of the Dead Miners of Marikana
When the widows of Marikana tried to wake up their husbands from their graves by yelling at them.
Vivian Maier’s 100,000 Photographs
Except for the people that saw her take pictures, nobody else knew what the Chicago street photographer did and very little was known of her.
Probing Subliminal Violence
The artist Mohau Modisakeng mines the contours of colonial and post-colonial history.
In Front of Our Very Own Eyes
“Miners Shot Down,” by director Rehad Desai, is a haunting and emotional documentary of the Marikana massacre in August 2012.
‘Township’ is a Planet for Aliens
If you only visit South African townships to confirm your prejudices and not to experience them the way they are, stay away.
The hands played by themselves
Basil Breakey’s photographs serves as an important recording of South Africa jazz music in the 1960s and 1970s.
Fela Kuti on Film
Who has the right to speak about the late Nigerian Afrobeat king, Fela Kuti, and how is that right earned? Also, what do you exclude? What do you include?