Detail from the cover of Langabi.
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Christopher Mlalazi, award-winning novelist, was inspired by the stories he was told by his grandparents as a child.
The Ora Loapi space at the 2023 Joburg Art Fair featured Shepherd Ndudzo’s work.
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His work can only be fully understood by observing the shared traditions of Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Zimbabwean author of We Need New Names, Noviolet Bulawayo.
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Variations of English names reveal the enduring effects of British rule - but there’s also a return to tradition.
Guti touring the Middle East in 2022 at the age of 99.
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He helped found a church with three million followers in 168 countries, a hospital, a university and several schools.
South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters toyi-toyi at an anti-Israel protest.
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South Africa’s famous toyi-toyi was adopted from Zimbabwean troops, who learned it in Algeria – showing the interconnected nature of Africa’s liberation struggles.
A statue of the author, Solomon T. Plaatje, in Kimberley, South Africa.
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According to a new book, the friendships among women in the novel reveal its author Sol T. Plaatje’s view of effective political struggle.