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Bhekizizwe Peterson pictured with National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) awards judge Professor Hlonipha Mokoena in 2018, after a book he co-edited won a prize. (Image courtesy of NIHSS)
AFRICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION ALA

Great heart of African literature: Bheki Peterson’s expansive vision of the world

Having conducted the bulk of his study during apartheid, which informed his scholarship, Peterson left us with provocations for the future

  • Janet Remmington
6 min read
‘An education system that does not prioritise the primary language of the poor black child is an anti-black and anti-poor education system’
ATHAMBILE MASOLA

We haven’t achieved the aims of June 16

South Africa still does not have an equal education system, yet this is not impossible

  • Athambile Masola
6 min read
‘Throughout her life
ALWAYS ANOTHER COUNTRY BY SISONKE MSIMANG

The dance of memory

Coming to terms with the politics of nostalgia amid the myths of the Rainbow Nation is hard to do

  • Athambile Masola
8 min read