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Thoughts,Poetry,Creative Works of Menzi Maseko and Kindred

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Realistic world building with the fantastic

Weird #71: “Worlds That Flourish” by Ben Okri (1988)

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twice upon a time in afrika

Remembering the routes of the Afrikology Institute

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Writings from the Underground Disciple aka Disciple Mag

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wisdom does not age

The problem with our current education

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Expensive Silence

a poem for our times “Raise the world with language empowered by the act.” – Frantz Fanon “There is no freedom in silence.” – Bantu Steve Biko The word weaves what may wander into countless works The works are sung around the fire, around the corner, the village and the mountain tops As we chant the wondrous visions of fallen heroines Raise the world with language empowered by the…

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prudence

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Listen: the resurrection of fascism explained

There has been a lot of debate in the Black world relating to the efficacy of ideals such as Pan-Africanism as well as Black Consciousness in dismantling various oppressions. We have been traumatised and continue to languish in the anti-black violence that accompanies racialised capitalism. Yet, despite our best efforts to liberate ourselves, the battles […]Listen: the resurrection of fascism…

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Acknowledge the past, embrace the future

Indigenous Knowledge and The Cultural Economy

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Where do ZA’s guns come from?

In the last article here, we touched on where our guns come from This is a chart of the known guns in the Western Cape. These are some significant numbers of the gun and their sources of origin. South Africa doesn’t produce its own guns. In fact, we are being armed by China, in a […]Where do ZA’s guns come from?

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causes effects

Emergent Afrikan Cosmology and Astro-Theology A presentation for Afrika Centre for Intangible Phenomena Studies Workshop in Collaboration with DUT’s Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Workshop Theme: Sacred Dialogues Part 2: Bridging Worlds – Integrating Ancestral Afrikan Healing Wisdom with Contemporary Practices Introduction: As a collective effort aimed at rooting out foreign…

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On Mazisi Kunene

The Audacity of Mazisi Kunene, Transcendental Hero  “- the hero is he who brings a total gift / Narrating a tale of danger through invincible love, / Bringing into the circle, a witness of endless wisdom.” – from The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain, Secret Wisdom “- umuntu kuyenzeka athatheke ukwazi kwakhe aze aduke namazwi. Inkosi yale ndawo yabeka umthetho (nakho lokho ubuwula, ngoba…

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Afrikan Liberation Movement article

 TIME FOR REVOLUTIONARY CAPTAINS  By Mpiyakhe Ngududu Ka Tlou There are many kinds of captains:  captains of industry, captains of armies, ships, even captains of destiny. Afrikans are currently basking in the resonant glow of a refreshingly different kind of captain, a captain of the revolution. As part of a set of Sahelian masters of their own fate, Captain Ibrahim Traore is undoubtably the…

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Mazisi Kunene For This Generation

The Audacity of Mazisi Kunene, Transcendental Hero By Menzi Ka Gudu Maseko  “- the hero is he who brings a total gift / Narrating a tale of danger through invincible love, / Bringing into the circle, a witness of endless wisdom.” – from The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain, Secret Wisdom “- umuntu kuyenzeka athatheke ukwazi kwakhe aze aduke namazwi. Inkosi yale ndawo yabeka umthetho (nakho…

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The Beautiful Lie Choking Eswatini’s Future

Eswatini’s economy is dying, propped up by foreign handouts and a dangerous delusion: that flooding small businesses with grants will somehow spark industrialization. No nation in history has ever developed this way; not Britain, not America, not Germany, not Japan, not South Korea, not China, not even modern Vietnam. Yet Eswatini’s policymakers cling to this […]The Beautiful Lie Choking…

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the bleeding century

https://herri.org.za/11/imraan-coovadia/

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UbuNtu Babantu BaseGibhithe: Impikiswano Eyalayo Ukuphela

“By the command of Amen, astute of counsel, I sailed north to my victory to drive back the Eurasians, my courageous army in front of me like a flame of fire, with the bowmen of the Medjayi upland of our encampment (ready) to seek out the Setiu and to destroy their dwellings, the eastern desert lands and the western desert lands provided with their fat and my army being supplied with produce from…

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a very timely and important article