– A poem by Nokwanda Sihali I ferociously write when you narrate your lived experiences Through the caresses on my skin It is the data that I thematise Compare and contrast through social concepts I had them recorded when you withdrew consent To reverse the gaze I am your subject. You are my object. Make […]
by Nokwanda Sihlali Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of the world wide sensation Eat, Pray, Love released another ground breaking classic in 2015 entitled Big Magic. It’s a book centred on how to illicit creativity. Gilbert’s contends that ideas exist as entities similarly as humans and animals do.. Their manifestation is blocked by our own
Masikhanyisane – Let us enlighten each other Read More »
by Nokwanda Sihlali At the height of a global pandemic in South Africa, the City of Cape Town and the City of Johannesburg have been brutally removing people from their homes and viciously demolishing their shelters on the accusation of them having “illegally” invaded state land. A very graphic picture of a black man
Dealing with landlessness in SA vital for black marginalised Read More »
by Nokwanda Sihlali A version of this article was originally published earlier this year on www.nihss.ac.za. Since the start of the national lockdown more than eight weeks ago, South Africans have listened attentively on those occasions when President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation. I soon learnt that our president’s now ominous “My fellow
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