Dreams of highfalutin philosophies
If an author writes with empathy, precision and authenticity about experiences foreign to their own, they're a good writer and not a cultural appropriator.
If an author writes with empathy, precision and authenticity about experiences foreign to their own, they're a good writer and not a cultural appropriator.
The future of Stellenbosch University does not depend on whether white people there can transcend individual stereotypes and prejudice. It depends on whether they can articulate anti-racism as a genuine political position.
The brochures about the town left out the reality for Stellenbosch's black residents: poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
I discovered the three piece Afrikaans outfit Bittereinder through the internet and fell in love with
On a visit to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city, academic Herman Wasserman gets reminded of home and how people perceive him.
The obituary of British anti-apartheid campaigner Bruce King makes reference to his marriage to his South
The creatives at South African satellite TV channel Kyknet — which also produces movies now —
Tonight, the Afrikaaps crew, the South African musical about the history of the Afrikaans language, dedicated their
Afrikaans has its roots as a Dutch Creole, spoken by slaves, slave masters and workers of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape. A South African theater company took the play to The Netherlands.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muV6e1HPxcY&w=500&h=307] S: What does this say about contemporary white Afrikaans speaking music culture?
A new film - and play - want to mainstream Afrikaans' creole origins; a historical reality odds with Afrikaner nationalist visions of language.
The poetry of Ronelda Kamfer sheds light on the still marginalized lives of South Africa’s “brown communities.”
Jacob Boersema, a Dutch PhD student who works on Afrikaner identity in postapartheid South Africa, recently
The curious appeal of a band of celebrity Afrikaner musicians engaging with a quite easily defined past and present.