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Rashid Vally continued to add to the As-Shams archive up until his death. Image courtesy as-shams.org

December 9, 2024

Rashid Vally: South African visionary whose indie record labels shaped the jazz scene

Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria

Rashid Vally gave voice to the new Black jazz of the 1970s through his record label As-Shams, named by pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.

Zuleikha Mayat with copies of her bestselling book, Indian Delights. Courtesy of the Mayat family

February 6, 2024

Zuleikha Mayat: South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity

Saleem Badat, University of the Free State

Mayat embodied principled, faith-based, socially committed, inspired leadership.

March 22, 2020

The story of a remarkable Hindu temple in Pretoria’s inner city

Johan Swart, University of Pretoria

Built by Tamil immigrants almost 100 years ago, the temple has survived apartheid and urban decay to remain at the heart of its community.

A Zulu household, from an 1895 book called The Colony of Natal: An Official Illustrated Handbook and Railway Guide. J Causton and Sons /University of California Libraries/ Flickr

December 8, 2019

The long moral shadows cast by South Africa’s colonial history

T.J. Tallie, University of San Diego

A new history book shows how entanglements of race, gender, class and sexuality in South Africa flow from the moral contradictions of the settler colonial state.

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