By Novell Zwangendaba -JOHANNESBURG – I attendend the book launch, You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir by Wole Soyinka one of Africa’s greatest living writers, Wole Soyinka, at Xarra Books in Newtown. It was an incredible experience to witness scores of prominent African scholars, journalist, critics, published writers and notable artists descend on the Jozi’s literature hotspot. Soyinka exhibited youthful energy and strength throughout the panel discussion on his book. A compelling memoir by Africa’s first Nobel laureate for literature continues the story that began in his childhood autobiography Ake as Soyinka describes the it in captivating detail.... Continue Reading
The highly hyped Zimbabwe Fashion Week (ZFW) failed to live up to expectations week, with reports that it ended up getting cancelled at the last show. Controversial ZFW Founder and Director, Priscilla Chigariro is said to have admitted that she, “needs to go back to the drawing board,” if the showcase is ever to happen again. On the first night of the four day event, it was evident all was not in order. The show was moved from the National Gallery of Zimbabwe to Harry Margolis Hall in Milton Park on short notice. Priscilla was running around trying to make... Continue Reading
JOHANNESBURG – With a bigger and more accessible venue, the second Jozi Book Fair will be taking place from 7 – 9 August in Museum Africa in Newtown. Small and independent publishers, NGOs and community organisations from South and Southern Africa are invited to exhibit at the Jozi Book Fair 2010. Registrations open on the 1st March and closes on the 19th of June 2010. Jozi Book Fair was established by Khanya College as a response to a decline in progressive writing and publishing in South Africa in the past 20 years. Jozi Book Fair is committed to developing a... Continue Reading
Wheel of time – Submission by Rudo Nyangulu aka Ethos What has driven her creativity The 2009/10 winter here in the UK had more snow than we have seen for a long time and I wanted to make the most of it so I looked for unusual things to photograph and that is how I came across this snow covered sculpture. It is actually only a semicircle sculpture so I captured it twice, the top half being the colour version the bottom half being the black and white version. I then stitched them together to form a wheel which my... Continue Reading
What would you do to survive if your life was in the hands of one of the most grotesque serial killers imaginable? This question is at the heart of The Unforgiving, South Africa’s first home-grown splatter film which releases at cinemas nationwide on 20 August. The Unforgiving tells the story of Rex Dobson (Ryan Macquet) and Alice Edmonds (Claire Opperman) two young people who find themselves stranded alongside the R106, a freeway just outside Johannesburg. While waiting for help, they are abducted by a masked madman who does unthinkable things to them. Both survive, but wish they hadn’t. As their... Continue Reading
