A South African Arts & Culture Magazine
JOHN TENGO JABAVU b 11 January 1859 d. 10 September 1921. A political activist he would become in 1876 editor of the first newspaper – Isigidmi samaxhosa – in South Africa to be written in the Xhosa language. He also…
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BOYCOTT : to shun, to ostracize from society or commerce Charles C Boycott 12.3.1832 – 19.6.1897 Boycott was an agent/manager of the Irish estate of John Clifton, 3rd Earl or Erne. During a poor harvest he refused to lower rents to…
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How many times have you read or looked at a book and not taken any notice of a publisher’s emblem either on the title page or on the cover of the book? The picture may have been observed but aroused…
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DOROTHEA FAIRBRIDGE Born in 1862 d 25 August 1931 was the author of fifteen books. Eg, Historic Houses of South Africa: A study of old Cape Dutch farmsteads 1924, edited: the Cape diaries of Lady Anne Barnard,1922 NEVILLE EDWARD ALEXANDER…
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In the past month I have become even more aware of the poor usage of language if not a total inability to use language to communicate accurately. I am not talking about nit picking grammar or even spelling but about…
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Jungle Theatre Company in partnership with the Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign has developed a new production called How Stories Began based on the retelling of this traditional Zulu folktale by local author Wendy Hartmann. How Stories Began will premiere at the…
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READ the following and consider the truth and wisdom of the statements. Elie Wiesel, writer of 57 books and a political activist. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The Norwegian Nobel Committee referred to him as…
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ZULU BEADWORK Author: Eleanor Preston-Whyte Publisher: Print Matters ISBN : 978-0-9870293-0-0 Reviewer: Dr Dawn Gould The author has written a finely detailed book that has been closely researched over a long period of time. The details encourage the reader into…
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