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The text that is to follow- is the continuation of a conversation and speculations from a place of suspension, on the current and possible f...

“On moonlight nights the long, straight street and dirty white walls, nowhere darkened by the shadow of a tree, their peace untroubled by fo...

In Sesotho we say; “Lefu le holo ke ditsheho” —even in death or tragedy, we continue to laugh. This is counterintuitive if we view laughter ...

Code-switching is the practice of shifting the type of language you use or the way in which you express yourself, usually in the context of ...

We've been through something like this before. Chaos, instability, anger, collective anxiety, and fear are things we have experienced before...

PLEASE NOTE: the piece that is to follow could be triggering as it relays scenes of explicit drug use. Please keep in mind that it is based ...

"I believe in inhabiting contradictions. I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side"....

I have long since yearned to write an article on the art of tattooing, the symbolic practice. Tattoo culture today is rife, and by rife- I m...

The rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine had one of the most sordid rise and falls in the history of popular music. His initial fame was less rooted in hi...

Being queer in South Africa is complicated. Despite having one of the most progressive constitutions in the world, South African society re...

Genevieve Nnaji, Ini Edo, Omoni Oboli, Oge Okoye, Stephanie Okereke, Monalisa Chinda, Uche Jombo, Rita Dominic, Dakore Egbuson, Stella Damas...

The beginning of social media and the influencer economy resulted in the democratisation of influence. The power that was once in the ha...