Writers Boot Camp, Cape Town: 24 – 29 November 2014 (press release) Writers’ Studio in conjunction with Cape Town Central Library present five days of writing workshops for emerging and established writers. Facilitated by acclaimed writers and teachers, and fueled by peer critique, the daily sessions are designed to help participants assess their own work objectively […]
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Ba Re E Ne Re Literature Festival, Maseru. September 5-7 2014
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We’ll be in Maseru next week to celebrate new and old writing from Lesotho and the region at the annual Ba re e ne re Literature Festival – an important platform initiated by our dear departed comrade and sister Liepollo Rantekoa. Via the Pan African Space Station (PASS), we’ll livestream selected sessions from the festival, […]
GIPCA present the 2nd Live Art Festival, Cape Town
NewsThe Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) present the 2nd Live Art Festival from 27 August to 6 September 2014. Chimurenga publications will be available at selected events. (more…)
Swami Sitarama Dasa in conversation with Gael Reagon
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To launch the new Chronic (a graphic issue), we’ll be having a special event this Friday 18 July at The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town: Swami Sitarama Dasa, the black guru formerly known as Zebulon Dread (of Hei Voetsek!), in conversation with Gael Reagon. Excerpts from the new edition of the Chronic can be […]
Wasafiri New Writing Prize – deadline Friday 25 July
NewsThe deadline for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize is fast approaching … Wasafiri is looking for creative submissions in one of three categories: poetry, fiction and life writing. The competition is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book in their chosen category. (more…)
New edition of the Chronic, focus on graphic stories. Out now!
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For the new issue of Chimurenga’s pan African gazette, the Chronic, the focus is on graphic stories; comic journalism. Blending illustrations, photography, written analysis, infographics, interviews, letters and more, visual narratives speak of everyday complexities in the Africa in which we live. (more…)
Read the Chimurenga Chronic in German
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A special German-language edition of Chimurenga’s pan African gazette, the Chronic is now available. The 68-page publication features translations of selected writings from the first 3 editions of the Chronic, with themes ranging from ways to overcoming borders to Astro/Afrosonics. Contributors include Akin Adesokan, Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Parselelo Kantai, Jackie Lebo, Harmony Holiday, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, […]
FESTAC ’77
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In 1977, thousands of artists, writers, and musicians from Africa and its diaspora descended on Lagos, Nigeria for the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC ’77). Can a past that the present has not yet caught up with be summoned to haunt the present as an alternative? What is important here is not the reiteration of the actual past, […]
PASS presents Soul Housing Project live
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On Tuesday 29th April, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) partners with Pro Helvetia Johannesburg to digitally broadcast a live performance curated by Bokani Dyer and Sakhile Moleshe (Soul Housing Project). This live music stream opens a window into musical conversations and audio experimentation happening now-now in Cape Town. (more…)
Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Programme at Market Photo Workshop
News1. About the Market Photo Workshop Located in Newtown, Johannesburg, the Market Photo Workshop strives to create an environment where students learn, not only the technical and conceptual aspects of photography, but also ways of critical thinking integral to the understanding of contemporary photographic practice. (more…)