Booth: A tale worthy of Shakespeare
England abolished slavery in 1833. It took the United States of America another 32 years, and a civil war leaving more than 750,000 bodies in its wake. John Wilkes Booth … Read More
Month: July 2022
Festival shakes off the ashes, gutters and bursts into flame
Yeah, it was smaller, yeah there was no great showmanship or suits swanning about in open-neck branded golf shirts, and of course, the Village Green lost a few tents along … Read More
The Sabbath: Glorious avant-garde vigil in sound
Gabi Motuba’s The Sabbath makes ears feel like they see, fingers seem to taste, and eyes listen to the world. Featuring compositions from the album released last year as well … Read More
The Drowning Eye: Fanon set free
If we’re to think of the arts as an ideology of humanism, then it shouldn’t surprise us that Fanon’s career began in the arts. In 1949, before he became renowned … Read More
Isidlamlilo (The Fire Eater): iPharadise lost*
God! We are a broken country. After so much violence, so much hope. Truth and reconciliation such a swaying, rickety, patched bridge that well over half of us have fallen … Read More