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Author Imraan Coovadia says he’s realised that ethnic identities are constituted by a kind of corrupt storytelling. (Photo: David Harrison)

Imraan Coovadia on ‘The Poisoners’ and keeping science honest

Imraan Coovadia’s new book examines how poison has shaped political affairs in Southern Africa

Seeking purpose: Writer Valeria Luiselli’s experience as a translator for unaccompanied child migrants to the United States profoundly affected her, resulting in two books. (Alfredo Pelcastre/Coffee House Books)

Valeria Luiselli tells stories to shame us

Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border

(John McCann)

Deep down in my dark heart, I still seek purity

I am at peace with the knowledge that religions might not be able to provide the answer to what or who God is but I am happy just to keep searching

The Brother moves in on black tax

Forever dealing with changes, The Brother Moves On regroups to stick it to the man.

Portrait power: Detail from Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin’s work ‘Shtik Fleisch mit Tzvei Eigen’ that explores the role of photography in state surveillance.

Silence talks with a powerful voice

There are many ways then of reading silence and the Goodman Gallery Cape Town’s latest group exhibition attests to this.

Changing focus: The art and activism of Omar Badsha

Omar Badsha’s ­photographs, on show at a retrospective exhibition in Cape Town, reveal an artist ­determined to show the humanity of his subjects.

Blk Brothers get it together

For their next project, the Blk Jks have teamed up with performance art collective, the Brother Moves On, to present "Blk Brother".

Embrace the things we share in this scary, polarised world

The Oslo World Music Festival paid tribute to the role of music in addressing historical and contemporary struggles for freedom.

Impressive feat of imagination

The highs, the lows, the in-betweens: they are all there in Imraan Coovadia’s astonishing novel.

Falsetto singer Bongeziwe Mabandla.

Music, but not for the masses

New initiative Littlegig is well-intentioned and puts on a good show, but remains a commodity that functions only to confirm middle-class privilege.

Thandiswa Mazwai

Local musos weave magic at World Music Festival

Carlo Mombelli, Sannie Fox, The Brother Moves On and Madala Kunene outshine the foreign acts in a two-day smorgasbord of music in Cape Town.

South Africa’s MeerKAT.

Nadine Gordimer: A rich legacy for young artists

The animating impulse in her work is a dedication to those who suffer – but don’t make – history, write Bongani Kona and Dudumalingani Mqombothi.

Protesters hold a demonstration against Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s stands on gay rights

The strength in Armatrading

The singer has been ­involved with music since her early teens and says she was born to write.

The Brother Moves On at a show in Jo’burg in 2012

The old dreams are dead, but the Brother Moves On

After mourning the death of the revolution, the ?collective has found new purpose, and a new myth.