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L’ALMAMY SAMORY TOURE – ACT II, DAKAR – 12 DECEMBER 2025
Act II, L’Almamy Samori Touré – An Unmade Film by Ousmane Sembène, decomposed, disarranged and reproduced by Chimurenga, and hosted by RAW Material Company as part of the 14th edition of Partcours. The program today will run as follows
Friday December 12: The Guinean cultural socialist revolution and its discontents; African history as a problem
3.30 p.m. | On African historiography – Professor of Ancient History, Babacar Buuba Diop joins Ibrahima Wane, Professor of African Literature and Civilizations to discuss the histories within African historiography.
5 p.m. | Three takes on the writing of Samori – Reflecting on the various works produced of and through Samori, editor and map-maker Moses März joins journalist, film critic, and current president of the Fédération Africaine de la Critique cinématographique Fatoumata Sagnane, in conversation with Ntone Edjabe.
6.30 p.m. | On writing history as fiction – Crossing boundaries in the space of documenting the record, novelist, playwright and award-winning author of Murambi, le livre des ossements, Boris Boubacar Diop enlightens in discussion with Aboubacar Demba Cissokho.
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L’ALMAMY SAMORY TOURE – ACT II, DAKAR – 11 DECEMBER 2025
Act II, L’Almamy Samori Touré – An Unmade Film by Ousmane Sembène, decomposed, disarranged and reproduced by Chimurenga, and hosted by RAW Material Company as part of the 14th edition of Partcours. The program today will run as follows Thursday December 11: 5 p.m. | On his journey alongside Sembène, the preservation of his work and memory – Clarence Delgado who worked with Sembène at his production company, Filmi Doomireew, for 25 years on many projects including Camp de Thiaroye …
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L’ALMAMY SAMORY TOURE – ACT II, DAKAR – 10 DECEMBER 2025
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POEMS AGAINST GENOCIDE – LIVE at Chimurenga Factory – Fri 7 Nov 2025 @7pm
Chimurenga, The Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Collective, New Contrast and Botsotso are honoured to present ‘Poems Against Genocide’, an evening of poetic performance bringing together beloved and venerated voices in solidarity with the struggle against war in Palestine Friday, 7 November 2025, from 7pmChimurenga Factory – 157 Victoria Rd, Woodstockor tune in live via the panafricanspacestation The Germans genocided the Hereros and the JewsThe Turks the ArmeniansThe Boers the iXiamThe Hutus the TutsisAnd right now the Israelis are genociding Palestinians The evening’s contributors …
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BAFO & XABA – Madala Kunene and Sibusile Xaba – LIVE at Chimurenga Factory – Fri 14 Nov 2025
Chimurenga proudly presented BAFO & XABA – Madala Kunene and Sibusile Xaba LIVE in concert at Chimurenga Factory on Friday 14 November 2025 for the launch of their long awaited debut album KwaNTU. Sibusile Xaba has been mentored by Madala ‘Bafo Kunene’ for the past decade, and kwaNTU (co-released by Mushroom Hour Half Hour & New Soil) sees the teacher/student duo converging within the inimitable space of sound and spirit that they share through Kunene’s teaching. The album was recorded in Zululand in the town of Utrecht, …
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ETUK UBONG – LIVE at Jam House (Birmingham, UK) – Tue 7 October 2025
Tune into PASS on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025 at 7pm (UK) / 8pm (SAST) for a special broadcast, in collaboration with brother Leroy Jones-Hemmings and his Creative Exchange Collective (CEC), by Nigerian trumpeter, composer and bandleader Etuk Ubong – performing LIVE at Jam House (Birmingham, UK) Known for his unique fusion of Afrobeat, highlife, jazz, and the ritualistic drumming of Ekombi, Etuk Ubong’s original style, “Earth Music”, infuses compositions that are both politically charged and deeply rooted in his cultural …
Chimurenga presents: REZA KHOTA QUARTET: RESILIENCE TOUR – Friday 12 Sept 2025
Chimurenga is proud to present Reza Khota Quartet: RESILIENCE TOUR – LIVE at Chimurenga Factory With Reza Khota (guitar), Shane Cooper (bass), Jonno Sweetman (drums) and Buddy Wells (saxophone). Friday 12 September 2025 from 7pm (SAST) R200 pre-sale (via Quicket) R250 at the door Join us at Chimurenga Factory (157 Victoria Rd, Woodstock) or tune in via Pan African Space Station – Centred on 18 years of musical collaboration between bandleader Reza Khota with Shane Cooper and Jonno Sweetman, and …
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Tags: Buddy Wells, jonno sweetman, Resilience Tour, Reza Khota, shane cooper
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Chimurenga presents: NCESH NONXISHI (Apho Kungenje Tour) LIVE at Chimurenga Factory – Thurs 28 August
On a cold August evening, Johannesburg-based composer and singer-songwriter NCESH NONXISHI, on the occasion of her Apho Kungenje Tour, brought warmth and celebration to The Chimurenga Factory. The concert featured an unforgettable guest performance by the late Diana Ferris, who celebrated her 72nd birthday that evening and delivered her groundbreaking poem I’ve come to take you home, which was the catalyst for the repatriation of Sara Baartman’s remains in 2002. With players Nobuhle Ashanti (keyboard), Sam Ibeh (drums), Sibusiso Matsimela …
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Tags: lerato lichaba, ncesh nonxishi, nobuhle ashanti, sam ibeh, tumi pheko
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ZAMROCK EXPRESS – a four-part documentary series on the liberatory sound of Zambia
Chimurenga, in collaboration with Zambian folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stanley Sibande, presents ‘Zamrock Express’ – a four-part documentary series on the liberatory sound of Zambia of the early 1970s. Born out of the conditions of the copperbelt mining province in northern Zambia, Zamrock’s fusion aesthetic of traditional music blended with psychedelic rock, blues and funk visualises – sonically – the urban boom following Zambia’s independence in 1964, and is a response to Kenneth Kaunda’s nationalisation of music content on the Zambian airwaves …