Phumlani Pikoli

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Phumlani Pikoli

Phumlani Pikoli is a multidisciplinary artist. He had his multi-sensory exhibition with the British Council in South Africa and Tmrw Mixed Reality Workshop, based on his acclaimed debut collection of short stories, The Fatuous State of Severity In January 2020. His debut novel Born Freeloaders was released in 2019 and published by Pan Macmillan.

Table of content: Katlego Tapala, Phumlani Pikoli, Rofhiwa Maneta, Maneo Mohale, Lesedi Molefi and Lefa Nkadimeng discussing various aspects of writing, editing and publishing. (Image: Supplied)

A SEAT AT A TABLE

A Seat at a Table, Ep 1: The writerly thing to do

Interviews can often demystify the processes behind how people create. It’s always fascinated Phumlani Pikoli to find the tricks to artists’ magic, as explored in his new…

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Some players from Sale Sharks and Harlequins ‘Take The Knee’ before the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Harlequins and Sale Sharks at Twickenham Stoop on August 14, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

ALLISTER COETZEE

Not acknowledging crimes against humanity is the Springbok way

South African rugby was racist, is still racist, and nothing will truly transform it.

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Tragic comedy: Leon Schuster and the cast of Mad Buddies, his 2012 movie.

Oh Shucks, an accidental blackface hero

Leon Schuster is having a few movies of his removed from Showmax and Phumlani Pikoli figures: what better time to reflect on this bruh than now?

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‘Adaptation’: New short fiction from Phumlani Pikoli

Phumlani Pikoli’s latest piece is a metafiction based on what could happen if spike jonze and Ira Glass met

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“Im never not writing and often am lost in one story or another even when Im interacting with people.” (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The Portfolio: Phumlani Pikoli

‘The process of writing in solitude is still puzzling. How am I alone when I have so many people inside me?’

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