Nombuso Mathibela
IZIMPABANGA ZOMHLABA – a listening session with Nombuso Mathibela
Early 20th century translation of Western texts into African languages by African writers for African readers was the invention of new worlds.
Following the literary tradition established by the likes of Sol Plaatjie and Masizi Kunene, Makhosazana Xaba offers a conversion of Frantz Fanon’s classic ‘Wretched of the Earth’ into isiZulu.
Thursday 22 August, 6pm, we host a close reading of Xaba’s text, Izimpabanga Zomhlaba, directed by Nombuso Mathibela LIVE in studio.
Join us at the Chimurenga Factory (157 Victoria Rd, Woodstock) or tune in via www.panafricanspacestation.co.za
LIBERATION RADIO: DAR ES SALAAM – 10th-14th August 2022
From 10 – 14 August 2022, we presented another edition of “Liberation Radio”, an ongoing research conducted primarily through broadcasting practice, on cultural initiatives by and through liberation movements operating in the city-studios of Cairo, Accra, Conakry, Algiers, Dar es Salaam, Lusaka and more. After Cairo and Harare, we landed the Pan African Space Station (PASS) in Dar es Salaam to listen on themes such as the radical history of the University of Dar es Salaam – including Rodney-mentored study …
Category: Liberation Radio, News, Pass Blog, Pass Pop-up, Pass Radio
Tags: 6th PAC, Accra, Afro 70, Algiers, Andrea Thal, Ayi Kwei Armah, Cairo, Conakry, Contemporary Image Collective, Dar es Salaam, James Brennan, John Kitime, Lusaka, Maria Shaba, Marjorie Mbilinyi, Memory Biwa, Mkuki na Nyota, Moses März, Ng’wanza Kamata, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Nombuso Mathibela, Parselelo Kantai, Pungwe, Pungwe Listening, Rob Machiri, Ruth Nyambura, Saida Yahya-Othman, Samah Gafar, Tanzania Publishing House, Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation, TPH Bookshop, Union of African Writers, University of Dar es Salaam, USARF, Walter Bgoya, Walter Rodney, Wole Soyinka, Yasmina Reggad
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