Chimurenga Vol. 3: Biko in Parliament
(november '02)
"Mandela was not the only head of state taken in by Koagne. Le king kept snapshots of himself with many a man of power, among them Mobutu Sese Seko and Denis Sassou Nguesso […] He took Mobutu for 15 million dollars. Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso lost 40 million to him. Sassou, Etienne Eyadéma of Togo, several high officials of Gabon, Tanzania and Kenya, a member of the Spanish government and an ex-operative of the Israeli Mossad were bamboozled as well." – Dominique Malaquais (blood/money: a douala chronicle). Also Keorapetse Kgositsile, Lesego Rampolokeng, Mark Anthony Neal, Legogang Mashile and more…
Song:
Bantu Serenade by Ntone Edjabe (featuring Nah-ee-lah)
(read excerpt)
Takes:
Gail Smith: Death By Memory
Dominique Malaquais: blood/money: a Douala chronicle
Kopano Ratele: Love and Fear past Ginsberg
Keorapetse Kgositsile: English Language Visas
Masello Motana: a re kwe afrika ka gare ga hip hop ya gae!
(click here to read the english translation of this piece)
Memoir:
Santu Mofokeng: Trajectory of a street photographer (part1)
(read excerpt)
Faction:
Itumeleng Mahabane: A New Consciousness
Binyavanga Wainaina: Hell In Bed With Mrs Peprah
(read excerpt)
Don Mattera: Land, South Of Africa
‘Tope Omoniyi: Farting PresidentsDominique Malaquais: Lindela (the winnie suite)
(read excerpt)
Boubacar Boris Diop: Myriem
(read excerpt)
Lebogang Mashile: I smoked a spliff with Jesus Christ
Khulile Nxumalo: they hurled insults at the sky
Re-Views:
Mark Anthony Neal on Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape by Meshell Ndegeocello
Lebogang Mashile on the high art low fart ranthology by Lesego Rampolokeng
Conversation:
Lesego Rampolokeng: "there''s a politics tied up with every letter i knock out; how would i be able to rattle brain-cells if it''s in a language only my number-callers would find attachment to? […]no declaration of colonial-servitude comfort this: i''d have to spend the rest of my life learning setswana so as to be sufficiently equipped to wage war or make love in it [...] i can''t go into hibernation that long." (talking to Kgafela oa Magogodi)
Photo:
Santu Mofokeng: The Black Photo Album: Look At Me
Buyaphi Mdledle: Who does Biko belong to?
Art:
Neo Muyanga – Alex Noble – Graeme Arendse – Malam/D. Malaquais
Cover:
Neo Muyanga