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‘Ukuzilanda’: The late Professor Bhekizizwe Peterson, seen at a Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation (Nest) conference, noted that in South Africa English has been used as a language of power. Photo: courtesy Prof Jill Bradbury

BHEKIZIZWE PETERSON

‘Speaking like falling’: Centring ukhoko’s tongue

Through her praxis, Kholeka Shange interrogates the marginalisation of African languages in the academy

Kholeka Shange