New Daughters of Africa: intergenerational conversations dailymaverick.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymaverick.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tadiwa Madenga’s latest book offers us a biographical portrait of Zimbabwean author Yvonne Vera written through her love of plants, gardens and nature.
13th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture calls for prisoners of hope iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In her new biography of South African writer Lauretta Ngcobo, Barbara Boswell shows how the publishing industry historically excluded Black women, and how they wrote in spite of that.
Understanding the past, through the portal of history, is a life skill that is vital to the practice of democracy. Avoiding history undermines accountability and facilitates impunity. It denies us the opportunity to properly understand, and alter, the crises we face in the present.