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Mirror, Mirror
2011-11-10 As a non-Christian I have never understood the need some people have to indoctrinate others, or to try and force their own views on them. When this sort of thing takes place during a time of grieving and mourning, such as at a funeral, it just makes it even worse. I have to wonder what they think, the […]
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers on her experience of Poetry Africa
2011-11-09 What did being invited to Poetry Africa mean to you?It was a great honour and an opportunity to share ideas with brilliant minds from around the world.
My Mercedes is Bigger than Yours: An exploration of postcolonial society
2011-11-04 Published in the Heinemann African Writers Series in 1975, Nkem Nwankwo’s novel succeeded his highly popular first (comic) novel, Dando (1964).
Big Book Chain Chat #84: JM Coetzee in Texas
2011-11-04 Isn’t it rather dismaying to learn that our (are we right to think of him as “our”?) foremost writer has sold his literary papers to the University of Texas in Austin?
Photos: 20 Stellenbosch: Two Decades of South African Sculpture
2011-11-03 On Wednesday, 26th October Joachim Schönfeldt launched 20 Stellenbosch: Two Decades of South African Sculpture with an opening parade. Almost overnight a flamboyant spectrum of sculptural pieces appeared in and around Stellenbosch in a ...
Challenges of life
2011-11-02 Where it is safe to do so, transgender people should be out and proud. And where it isn't safe, they should be proud if not out – and they should still work for equality, dignity and human rights so that they – and the generations that are to come – can be out one day. […]
The Exploding Trousers – Part I
2011-11-02 “There we are, then,” Sandy said, standing back to examine his handiwork.Hilton Ellis had been making an attempt to learn his lines, and he hadn’t noticed the transformation that had been taking place in the mirror under the make-up guy’s subtly flitting fingers. He looked up to find Adolf Dorkman, Mombasa pirate, scourge of the East coast and greasy B-movie sub-plot bad guy, staring bellicosely back at him.
Writer and director Tim Greene on his feature film Skeem
2011-11-01 Tim, Skeem seemed to burst on to the scene out of nowhere. As a film writer I know this can’t be true. What inspired this film and how did the script come to fruition?