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My word: Modise Sekgothe has been given the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Poetry — the second recipient in four decades.

Modise Sekgothe’s poetry of transformation

In a quiet moment on an otherwise ordinary afternoon, Modise Sekgothe found out he had been selected as only the second poet to win the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for…

Msaki performed a series of concerts at the festival.  (Photo by Gallo Images/Oupa Bopape)

Arts fest is duct-tape for our broken times

This year’s National Arts Festival provided alternative light in a gloomy time

50 Notable African Books of 2021: Selected by Brittle Paper

The online publication’s annual list celebrates not only the sheer abundance of African literature but its daring, new directions

Detonation: Koleka Putuma’s words breathe easily as the poet delivers them on stage, dressed in a white spacesuit and matching sunglasses. (Manyano Media)

Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come In shapeshifts into another dimension

Koleka Putuma’s triumphant adaptation allows audience to see stagecraft influence poetry

Spiritual cleansing: The artist says the image Isambulo was made in Sea Point, with two queer collaborators wearing garments that relate to church, spirituality, and rebirth, and that it was inspired by the poet Koleka Putuma. Photo: Noncedo Gxekwa

The Portfolio: A return to eMbo

Artist Noncedo Gxekwa on the image Isambulo, part of the exhibition Lightworkers: The evidence of things unseen

Dynamism: Koleka Putuma (above), the author of Hullo, Bu-bye, Koko, Come In and Collective Amnesia. Photo: Jarryd Kleinhans

Review: Koleka Putuma brings black women history back into the fold

The poet’s new book does the necessary work of reinscribing women into history, but is it poetry

A scene from ‘No Easter Sunday For Queers’, which runs at the Market Theatre until August 25 (Paul Botes/ M&G)
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Koleka Putuma’s Christian/ queer collision

The searing play No Easter Sunday For Queers tackles homophobic violence with a new langauge

Our relationship with politics is akin to our relationship with religion. In the same way that we believe a Shepherd Bushiri more than we think we should examine the truth in their messages. (Phil Magakoe/ Gallo Images)

Vote for parties that live up to promises

Who is likely to ensure I am freer to express discontent while ensuring that I don’t prefer death because healthcare is unaffordable?

Embo’s lament: Thandiswa Mazwai’s songs become tools to remember our origin stories and survive the purgatory of the present. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Letters in song to the land of our dreams

‘A Letter to Azania’ recalls our origin stories now that the promised utopia of Azania has been reduced to ashes.

The community responded to the death by looting the shop and assaulting the owners. (Thulani Mbele/Timeslive)

Poets’ society revolution

The recognition garnered by young poets’ collections should make the publishing industry reflect on the state of South Africans’ poetic landscape

Looks and lyrics: FAKA’s new single ‘Uyang’khumbula’.

On The Lists this week: FAKA, Allen Iverson and Koleka Putuma

The Lists are compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and arts writer Kwanele Sosibo

Lifesavers used a drone to rescue two people in danger of drowning

OH DEAR GOD, PLEASE! NOT ANOTHER RAPE POEM

A poem by Koleka Putuma

Mountain

A poem by Koleka Putuma

Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s ‘Untitled
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The universe and poet Koleka Putuma are in negotiations

All eyes on the annual Fleur du Cap Awards celebrating the cream of Cape Town theatre, for the fiftieth year, on March 15.