From September 2nd to 4th, Imbewu Collective hosted a Jazz and Zine Workshop at Umhlabathi Collective in Newtown, Johannesburg. Drawing from Black Consciousness Centred by Tumi Mogorosi, the three-day event was a gathering of minds and bodies deliberating together on the influence of Black Consciousness on artistic practice. It provided a platform for critical dialogue and collaboration…
Museum exhibitions are rarely warm — neither in the degree of heat nor homely reception — but as I entered the second floor of the grain silos at Zeitz Mocaa, a sense of warmth engulfed me. From the sweet and tangy smell of citrus in Thania Petersen’s Rampies Sny (2022), the tender voices recorded in Luvuyo…
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Anonymous Artist Deborah Roberts’ new art exhibition titled I Have Something To Tell You, will be unveiled in London this week. The exhibition, which contains some of Roberts’ greatest paintings, highlights the barriers that Black children face…
“The tragic passing of George Floyd at the hands of American police was a moment that brought international attention and served as a pinnacle of the Black Lives Matter movement.” Zahra Doola, Justice for George Floyd | Black Lives still matter George Floyd’s passing in 2020 (re)sparked the Black Lives Matter movement in America when…
Atlanta season 3 is set to return to our screens this week, today to be exact, on 24 March. Taking its final bow with a double feature that sees season 4 premiering this year as well; the series created by rapper, actor and writer Donald Glover closed up SXSW. A lot of early reviews are…
It must have been a random evening of mindless scrolling through my Instagram gallery when I suddenly received one of those incredibly annoying notifications of a livestream by someone I forgot I followed. Except, this time, I clicked in with full excitement after noticing that it was a SCCA Tamale live. The Savannah Centre for…
It’s Black History Month in the United States, which presents Americans and the world at large an opportunity to learn more about historically minimised portions of a history that colour the present day existence of folks in the US and even worldwide. However, while most are detached from investigations of black history in the US,…
‘My Brotha’ is an ongoing photo series that explores Urban Communities around the world, more importantly, the young Black men surrounding those communities. I want to reconstruct society’s thinking when they think of ‘Urban areas’, more importantly, the young Black men in it. For decades, kids that live in Urban areas have always gotten a…
The tragic passing of George Floyd at the hands (or rather knee) of American police was a moment that brought international attention and served as a pinnacle of the Black Lives Matter movement. The trial against officer Derek Chauvin who is responsible for placing his knee on Floyd’s neck, restricting his breathing began on 29…
Bamako, is Simphiwe Dana’s fifth album, having released Zandisile (2004), The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street (2006), Kulture Noir (2010) and Firebrand (2015) – prior to Bamako (2020). This recent release is an album of labour and tears after Simphiwe spent 20 hours per day for two years to gift it to us….
A Black Aesthetic: A view of South African Artists (1970 -1990) presented by Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg revisits the art collection of the University of Fort Hare. Exhibited for the first time since 1992 outside of the Eastern Cape, the collection holds one of the country’s most expansive assemblages of Black South African artists working…
“I think the series serves to tell Africans that we’re fucked. But always fighting, always hopeful, because soon we’ll rise above.” – Gunch on how his upcoming trilogy series addresses issues of contemporary Africans. From starting on a whim of writing and selling comic books during lunch breaks in primary school, to picking up jazz…
