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haiku 103 by Nyakale Mokgosi

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haiku 101 by Nyakale Mokgosi

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Celebrating Kwanza instead of Christ mass

So manje nay’ indaba… It is common knowledge the celebration of Christ mass came to Afrika with the missionaries. When the missionaries brought Christianity to Afrika they also brought the holiday (holy day) that were significant to the religion. While...

E’skia Mphahlele (17 December 1919 – 27 October 2008)

Another bright light extinguished. E’skia Mphahlele crossed over to the ancestral realm on the 27th of October 2008. This esteemed intellectual was one of the last original writers of Drum magazine. Bab’ Mphahlele was a wielder, breaker and maker of...

Urban Voices is Back!

So it is true. Urban Voices is back!… with a not so fresh but strong line up. Mutabaruka, Jean Binta Breeze and Don Mattera will hold the fort and everybody else, whoever they are, are only described as emerging and...