PASS in Mexico: Diego Ibanez/Resistencia Modulada
Diego Ibanez, in collaboration with Radio Ñuu Kaan and Radio Zapote, will be in residence on the Pan African Space Station LIVE from Mexico City from 22 – 26 November, everyday from 16:00 – 20:00 (CDT). Tune in via www.panafricanspacestation.org.za
Diego Ibanez is a composer, sound creator, radio producer based in Mexico City. Since 2005, he has directed the radio series Tripulación Kamikaze, a forum dedicated to the sound and radio experimentation. In the framework of this series, he has performed several events that have combined sound interventions, installation, radio and concert performances. For PASS in Mexico, Diego Ibanez will be representing Resistencia Modulada, a youth-led radio journal in Mexico City. The project is focused on emerging music, literature, cinema, sexuality, technology, art and culture in resistance.
PASS in Mexico: Aeromoto
Aeromoto will be residents of the Pan African Space Station LIVE from Mexico City from 8 – 12 November, everyday from 16:00 – 20:00 (CDT). Tune in via www.panafricanspacestation.org.za Aeromoto is an independent public access library founded in 2014 in Mexico City. The library’s collection of printed materials is focused on visual art and contemporary culture in the region. The collective also works promoting the public and common circulation of books that contravenes the privatization of life. Their programme for PASS in Mexico …
Listen: A Conversation with Prof. Taban Lo Liyong
On Friday 18 August 2017, Chimurenga hosted a public dialogue and recording session with the writer, poet, teacher and revolutionary Taban Lo Liyong. Taban Lo Liyong (born 1936) is an acclaimed South Sudanese and Ugandan author who works fluidly between poetry, prose and literary criticism. Having obtained a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa, USA (1968), where he is a Fellow of the International Writers Workshop, he has taught in universities around the world – from Uganda, Kenya, Papua …
Listening to Coltrane Week 2017
I want to be a force for real good. In other words, I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force, which is truly for good. – John Coltrane (1926-1967) 17 -21 July was Coltrane Week on Pan African Space Station. From 18:00 – 20:00 every evening, we invited listeners to tune into the PASS stream for …
‘Angazi, but I’m Sure’ Public Lectures
Listen to a selection of thought-provoking public lectures from faculty members of ‘Angazi, but I’m Sure’, Session 2 of the RAW Academy at RAW Material Company, Dakar conceived and directed by Chimurenga. “Angazi, but I’m sure” is a common South African phrase simply meaning “I don’t know, but I am sure”. It is a deliberately self-contradictory phrase that is usually spoken in prelude to a reply. The respondent is uncertain – of what they “know”. Or, perhaps, they are certain, but …
Jeffery Allen in Conversation with Bongani Kona
On Wednesday 31 May 2017, Chimurenga hosted an intimate dialogue and recording session with special guest Jeffery Renard Allen, facilitated by Bongani Kona. American poet, essayist and novelist Jeffery Renard Allen is the author of five books, including the widely celebrated novel Song of the Shank (2014), which is a take on the life of Thomas Greene Wiggins, a nineteenth century African-American piano virtuoso and composer who performed under the stage name Blind Tom. Allen is also the author of …
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Stories About Music in Africa presents: iKhambi with Nduduzo Makhathini & The Cure Collective
Recorded live at Chimurenga HQ (Cape Town) in April 2017, the eighth installment of Stories About Music in Africa presents Nduduzo Makhathini and The Cure Collective, featuring Makhathini on keyboard, Justin Bellairs on saxophone, Shakeel Cullis on bass and Asher Gamedze on drums. This installment takes it’s name from Makhathini’s latest project ‘iKhambi’, which is a quest for healing through sound. Positive vibration to the universe is at core of Makhathini’s vision for the music and his compositions speak to his …
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The Legacy of FESTAC ’77: A Sonic Exploration
On 19 May 2017, streamed live as part of Online Radio Festival 2017, the Pan African Space Station presented an hour-long exploration into the seminal Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC 77) held in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. Speaking to Chimurenga‘s ongoing research into the legacy of FESTAC 77, this mix is a historical-critical sonic presentation interrogating issues of place, exile and nationhood, and the confrontations and intersections of ideas on culture, politics and identities. The …
Stories About Music In Africa: Ingoma Yomzabalazo with iPhupho L’ka Biko
Recorded live at Chimurenga HQ, Cape Town, in February 2017, this installment of Stories About Music in Africa presents iPhupho L’ka Biko, featuring band leader, composer and bassist Nhlanhla Ngqaqu, Miseka Gaqa (vocals), Athamacwera Ngcaba (trombone), Ludwe Danxa (keyboard) and Lumanyano Mzi (drums). Stories about Music in Africa is an ongoing project of the Pan African Space Station.
Listening to PASS in Cairo
Revisit recorded sessions from the Pan African Space Station (PASS) landing at the library of Contemporary Image Collective (CiC) in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Over four days, PASS in Cairo became an improvisational platform for research and deeper explorations into imagined and imaginary borders, featuring live readings, performances and conversations with Chimurenga collaborators in the city. Featured is Hassan Khan, joined in conversation with cultural entrepreneur Yasmine Allam and cartoonist Andeel, on his sci-fi novella ‘Twelve Clues’, as well as a …