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Powerful presence: Fatoumata Diawara performing at the CTIJF 2026. Photo: Armand Hough
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Fatoumata Diawara channels ancestry and activism in Cape Town

Blending Malian heritage with high-energy pop, Fatoumata Diawara used the CTIJF stage to honour her roots and confront FGM, proving that heritage and modern activism are…

  • Busi Lethole
8 min read
Blazing A Trail by Lincoln Mali (supplied)
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Writer tells a lot, shows little

Activist-turned-banker Lincoln Mali’s memoir Blazing a Trail is well intentioned but sadly it misses the mark in many ways

  • Rithuli Orleyn
7 min read
A picture of Clare Stewart and her son Themba. (Samantha Reinders/New Frame)
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Clare: The terror of the mundane

Christopher Clark’s debut book, Clare: The killing of a gentle activist’ explores the context of the murder of an activist in KwaZulu-Natal

  • Rithuli Orleyn
7 min read
‘Take me for a ride’: Myesha Jenkins’s instrument was the word, and she played an important role in claiming the stage for women poets. Photos: myeshajenkins.com
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Myesha Jenkins: A sister who always said it with feeling

Poet and activist Myesha Jenkins (1948-2020) took her craft, including her teaching, extremely seriously

  • Gwen Ansell
5 min read