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The New Thing
NewsAn ongoing series exploring new spaces for radical culture in South Africa. PART I : Out of the silence, the crevices, cracks and forgotten places of Cape Town, comes the thing that is jazz. Lindokuhle Nkosi listens to the language of traditions, improvisation and healing, as channelled by some gifted young South African protégés in […]
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NewsSelect issues of our commencement project Chimurenga Magazine are now available in PDF format. Started in 2002, the pan African publication of culture, art and politics provides an innovative platform for free ideas and political reflection by Africans about Africa. Available editions include: Chimurenga 6: “Orphans of Fanon” (2004) Chimurenga 7: “Kaapstad! (and Jozi, the night […]
‘Angazi, but I’m Sure’ Public Lectures
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NewsJeffery Allen in Conversation
NewsOn Wednesday 31 May 2017, Chimurenga hosted an intimate dialogue and recording session with special guest Jeffery Renard Allen, facilitated by Bongani Kona. American poet, essayist and novelist Jeffery Renard Allen is the author of five books, including the widely celebrated novel Song of the Shank (2014), which is a take on the life of […]
IKHAMBI – Nduduzo Makhathini & The Cure Collective
NewsStories about Music in Africa is an ongoing series that presents concert-lectures and audio/visual stories about music outfits from global Africa dedicated to exploring new musical territory. The eighth installment, recorded at the Chimurenga headquarters in Cape Town during April 2017, presents Nduduzo Makhathini & The Cure Collective, featuring Makhathini on keyboard, Justin Bellairs […]
SECOND TRANSITION
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CHIMURENGA SESSIONS present…
NewsOn Wednesday 31st May at 17:30, Chimurenga will host an intimate dialogue and recording session with special guest Jeffrey Renard Allen, facilitated by Bongani Kona. American poet, essayist and novelist Jeffery Renard Allen is the author of five books, including the widely celebrated novel Song of the Shank (2014), which is a take on the life of […]
No Congo, No Technology
ArticlesPost-disciplinary artist, Maurice Mbikayi, was born in Kinshasa, in 1974. His country of birth, Democratic Republic of Congo, is the world’s largest producer of Coltan – a key ingredient in many electronic devices. Mbikayi’s work – built from remnants of discarded computer parts, “junk technology” and other materials – asks deeper questions about the networks […]