In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.
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His life in music was a struggle against narrow definitions - of ‘race’, instrumental appropriateness and musical genre.
Admitting the variety, embracing the fractures, this was the lesson of all of Wicomb’s writing.
Kristy Marillier’s fierce new ensemble drama, playing at Melbourne Theatre Company, reminds us the personal is political.
His unique trumpet style and gentle professionalism is remembered by a former teacher and band member.
To understand this exhibition, you need to move your body through it and dance with Adams’s sculptures, tapestries and cloud installation.
He worked tirelessly to promote art and teach artists.
Challenging myths about heterosexual white South African men, Prinsloo published four books of short stories in 12 years.
The master of abstract art proved that black ‘township artists’ from South Africa could become leaders of international styles.
For her, art was a weapon in the struggle and a tool for education. She used every opportunity to build movements and to archive experiences in writing.
Will white South Africa ever give up part of its privilege? This is the contentious issue at the heart Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel.
Two striking images - from the 1940s and the 1960s - help reveal the rich but still emerging history of street photography in the country.
The gift of his images lies in their depiction of the social worlds that apartheid sought to destroy, but that live on through the photographs.
Art and visual culture played a significant role in building a unified Afrikaner nationalism that allowed apartheid to thrive. A new book unpacks the issue.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer (Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork), University College Cork
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Professor and the SARChI Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Nancy and Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Associate in Art History, Rice University
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Researcher and Gender Equity Officer, University of the Western Cape
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Honorary Research Associate at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
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Professor and Head of College of Art, Design & Architecture, University of Otago
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Professor of Creative Writing and English Literature, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Professor in Performing Arts, University of East London
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Darius Brubeck is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, English and Creative Writing, Adelaide University
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stellenbosch University
