God, too, takes the train to work
The author, also a photographer, on documenting South Africa's "train churches."
Cape Town
Jared Thorne’s Black Folks
A black photographer who moved to South Africa from the US, explores the transcontinental dialogue between black middle class people the world over.
Cape Town needs a visit from Anthony Bourdain
Foodyism and obscure ‘ethnic’ food are trendy these days. So, it is odd that South Africa hasn’t received more attention.
The View from the Cape
The chance that the lives of South Africa's poor will change for the better without struggle, is slim.
Kyle Shepherd X
The pianist, Kyle Shepherd, loathes labels, especially of him as the architect or savior of Cape Jazz, the music associated with Cape Town.
Township Life Has Never Looked So Glam
Solange Knowles is the second major UK or American artist to shoot a music video in Cape Town in so many months.
My favorite photographs N°8: Sydelle Willow Smith
Among the most striking portraits in South African photographer and filmmaker Sydelle Willow Smith’s online portfolio
My favorite photographs N°6: Stanley Lumax
Stanley Lumax (born in New Jersey, US where his parents, Ghanaian immigrants, settled) lives in Brooklyn.
Madala Kunene for all seasons
Kunene’s compositions don’t necessarily have a benchmark to conform to, but instead reveal the continuous state of transcendence his music takes.
Desmond Tutu, the Patron Saint of Longboard Skateboarders
Shameless self-promotion: “Board Games” is a short documentary video I did for my friend Kent Lingeveldt
Bathers at Sea Point: Photographs by Antoinette Engel
Antoinette Engel, a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Cape Town (and a friend of this
My delicious ‘Afrigasm’
White Euro-Americans are drawn to Sub Saharan Africa by an urge to explore, do good or by a more existential desire for an encounter with radical difference.
Steve Bloom photographs 1970s Cape Town
The London Festival of Photography has opened, and one of its most appealing features is an
The Safe Location
Denzel Washington's new thriller, "Safe House," plays out in Cape Town, South Africa. You mostly can't tell. That's deliberate.
Pinkwashing South Africa
The positive media surrounding ‘Cape Town as a gay paradise’ obscures far more complex realities.
The geo-branding war
Geo-branding is a serious thing. It is particularly serious when people from other geographic areas decide
Cape Town: Beautiful Ugly
The city's past and its predilections render neat formulations like Creole city and European city equally hollow.
The talented Tajdin sisters
They're making a film about "a love story set in Cape Town South Africa that chronicles the life of Leila, a young Cape Malay girl who falls in love with an American boy, Derek, who happens to be black."
My favorite photographs N°2: Scott Williams
South African photographer Scott Williams is the second guest in our new weekly series. He has,
Cape Town African Swag
Youngsta built a reputation on doing “straight up Cape Town hip hop,” but his recent output suggests he is now appealing to mainstream audiences.