Lerato Shadi: The body, the land and the toll of unsung labour
A still from the Lerato Shadi-directed video, Re Maotwana Gonyela (2018), featuring dancer and choreographer Sello Pesa.
The “black struggle” has been idealised and romanticised in popular culture in ways that I suspect people don’t really embrace. I don’t see a movement feeding the people, and educating and organising like in the old days … Who is doing that now? Or is it: “How can I make money by looking black and acting black and wearing these buttons and T-shirts,” as opposed to “How can I build an institution?” There are people who are really working, but their work is often hidden as the commodified activism is celebrated.