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Not Just the Rhyme
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Who we are and where we come from
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Beyond the Pen
“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp”.
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From Caterpillars to Butterflies
The concept ‘Transformation’ has taken on huge significance in the world in general, and South Africa in particular, during the last few decades.
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Let the Music Play
Plato called it a moral law. Huxley called it the deepest mystery. Music is humanity's oldest argument for joy.
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A Case of Behind the Story
A few articles ago in,Of Baskets & Symbolism, I promised a follow up on the history of the basket weaving behind the Hambukushu women’s artistry. I couldn’t...
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Of Baskets & Symbolism
A Botswana basket is not merely a vessel. It is a story told in fibre, colour, and patience.
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Ancestral Memory
If you’re religious, you’re probably scanning through this with a skeptical dismissal of the topic in question. But if you’re a scientist or so inclined, your thoughts...
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Kaleidoscopes of Being Black
I’ve never really wondered if white people think or spend a significant amount of time thinking of their whiteness and how it moves or, more appropriately, must move in the world. I mean...
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The Plastic Bearers
Along the eastern coastal towns of South Africa lies East London. Most of the city suburbs have waste collection days, weekdays that is—one of the many tasks the local municipality is bestowed with, and I still don’t know...