Writers continue to be essential in the fight for social justice. We resist through words and stories. We write to build bridges in a fractured
society. We make our way through the dark. We find light. We have the opportunity to rewrite our prejudices, and when structures of oppression persist against us, we collectively have the power to change the narrative.
Posts tagged as “literature”
In a village set up like here, we need people really to be empowered and to be inspired. Most people were just coming to witness what a book launch looks like because it's a very rare occasion in rural areas.
In this country, because writing is slowly becoming unfashionable, books are becoming unfashionable, and we are trying to make sure that literacy keeps transcending and these people actually are now only understanding that there's a book fair and what does this book fair entail, and its impact in helping communities.
"Can Themba knew that no matter how educated or experienced he was, and no matter how well he did his job, he would never gain the recognition of being editor of Drum magazine, nor would he get any salary increase – simply because he was black."
Award winning author and publisher Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho recently hosted the inaugural Rine Book Festival in his home village of Madombidzha in Limpopo. The event was the first of its kind in this sprawling village on the outskirts of the historic town of Louis Trichardt.
Very rarely does a book on music come with its own rhythm as it tantalisingly maps out the schemata of influences, icons and cultural movements…
The greatest challenge facing the nation now is: what must be done to pass that experience and history, both of the suffering of millions of South Africans and the almost five and half centuries of the freedom struggle