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Writing our Blackness into existence—Ntombizikhona Valela reviews Born to Kwaito by Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu

August 6, 2018August 6, 2018Ntombizikhona Valela2 Comments on Writing our Blackness into existence—Ntombizikhona Valela reviews Born to Kwaito by Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu

Born to Kwaito: Reflections on the Kwaito Generation cranks up the volume of the unsung and barely documented soundtrack of ‘freedom’,…

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Africa

[City Editor] Niq Mhlongo visits the PaGya! Literary Festival, finding a very different Ghana from the one he remembers

November 6, 2017Niq MhlongoLeave a Comment on [City Editor] Niq Mhlongo visits the PaGya! Literary Festival, finding a very different Ghana from the one he remembers

Niq Mhlongo recounts his literary travels to Accra, Ghana—in 2008, for the Pan-African Literary Forum, and in 2017 for the…

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Features

[City Editor] Soweto, heart of the nation: Niq Mhlongo takes a tour of his home

October 2, 2017Niq MhlongoLeave a Comment on [City Editor] Soweto, heart of the nation: Niq Mhlongo takes a tour of his home

Niq Mhlongo reveals what to see and do for the complete experience of Soweto. Of all the entrance points into Soweto,…

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