Phumlani Pikoli – The Johannesburg Review of Books

Read ‘Seasons Change’, a short story by the late Phumlani Pikoli, from his book The Fatuous State of Severity

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021The JRBLeave a Comment

Multidisciplinary artist and award-winning author Phumlani Pikoli passed away tragically this week, aged thirty-three. Phumlani was an inspiring and passionate…

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Phumlani Pikoli, 1988—2021, RIP

April 12, 2021April 13, 2021Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment

Multidisciplinary artist and award-winning author Phumlani Pikoli has died, aged thirty-three. According to a family statement, Pikoli was found dead…

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Contemplating South Africa’s coalition of traumas through the idea of lost language—Khanya Mtshali reviews Phumlani Pikoli’s Born Freeloaders

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020Khanya MtshaliLeave a Comment

In Born Freeloaders, Phumlani Pikoli seeks to provide a meditation on how empire is constructed through language. But the language…