After a highly successful showcase in KwaZulu-Natal, the Early African Intellectuals as Composers of Music project ignited the Cape during Heritage Month (September 2019). The project a historical undertaking seeking to ‘wake up’ the African to their ancient music composition and intellectual excellence; as well as raise awareness of and educate about the birth and …
Ngomhlaka 14 September 2019, uhlelo i-Artist Talk Series luphinde laqoshwa futhi khona e-Newcastle (KZN), endaweni yokunandisa i-Exclusive Baywash Lounge. Loluhlelo lethulwe i-Afropolitan Explosiv, inkampani edidiyelwa u-Dktl Thokozani Mhlambi, ongumqambi wamaculo kanye nomdlali we-Cello odabuka khona la e-Newcastle. I-Afropolitan Explosiv ibibambisene noMnyango wezaMasiko nobuCiko khona la KwaZulu-Natal. Kulohlelo, yilapho khona u-Dktl Mhlambi kanye nethimba lakhe besethulela …
by Thokozani Mhlambi We have lot of artist-as-loner myths, that seem to imply that the best art is one in which the artist places themselves in isolation, only to emerge after sometime with a masterful musical score or canvass. But that is not the case in the real world. As a classically-trained musician who finds …
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As early as the 19th century, Africa already had intellectuals who also excelled as composers of music. They took what was a western education and music training and made something of their own. The Early African Intellectuals as Composers of Music project puts a spotlight on this cultural renaissance. Tiyo Soga, who was the first …
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My name is Linda Sydney Zwane and let me just share with you my experience of the Kasi Movie Showcase, a traveling film festival hosted by Afropolitan Explosiv: I’d like to first of start-off by saying that I came into this experience as an AFDA graduate who obtained a BA degree in Motion picture, here …
Growing up, our mother would, on certain occasions, remind us to be home earlier than usual from our childish escapades so that she would not be late ko moletelong. Moletelo or umlindelo directly translates to ‘ waiting’, and this waiting occurs when members of a congregation meet at a common place of worship to ‘wait’ in expectance. …
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“One of the things I think I can bring to the Presidency is to make government & public sector cool again” Barack Obama Today’s public sector leaders face critical challenges such as moral regeneration, building a sense of unity in diversity, principled and value based politics, a commitment to national imperatives, and responsibility for a …
A meditation on the difficult issues of race and racism. by Dr Litheko Modisane Author of award-winning Renegade Reels: The Making & Public Lives of Black-centred Films Is it not disturbing that blackness as a state of being is perpetually on the run? It is forever suspended between captivity and freedom – yes both in …
Iziyendane, abagayi bensimbi. Kulenyanga lapho sibungaza ezamasiko nezomdabu ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile sike setshise lokhu: Ingabe ubAfrika bugcina ngemvunulo nendlamu na? Cha. Akulona iqiniso leli. Kodwa imvasa sizithola sesigxila kulezizinto kakhulu ngenxa yokweswela ulwazi. Eqinisweni asizange thina njengamAfrika sizihluphe emvakokuba sesithole inkululeko ngo 1994, ukuthi sike sibheke kabanzi indaba yemvelaphi yethu. Uma uthi uyabheka ucwaningo ngemvelaphi …
Commitment is to say something, or do something no matter what. Commitment builds character, because it allows your life to be driven by connections rather than feelings. When you’re not committed, the moment you get upset, you’re out of the door. Why? Because you have never felt obligated in that relationship, your involvement was purely …
Delani Mthembu Facilitator | Dynamic Leader | Reverend Managing Director of Landelahni Leadership Development Life is by nature an art and a science influenced by intuition, relationships and the mastery of socio-political context. The rise and fall of a professional is dependent on the ability to dance with a diversity of emotions, relationships and connections. …
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Citizen-Comrade: a term made up, recognizes a dual imperative: Comrade recalls a shared past, and the brotherhood we formed in defying the oppression of apartheid. Citizen recognizes the new role we now play, as no longer victims of an external force, but as human beings with certain responsibilities. The burden of responsibility is simply not …
Your life’s purpose is revealed in your struggle. The areas that have presented the greatest of challenges in your life are the areas where your life’s purpose lies. Just like a match, when it hits a rock it ignites to produce light, your actions to overcome these challenges are the match, your soul is the …
The following characteristics are observable in some of the world’s most dynamic leaders of our time, our hope is that you would grow in the leadership role that has been laid up for you. And that your confidence in the key messages of Afropolitan Explosiv may give you the courage to step up in this …
When old friends resolve their differences and restore their relationship, reconciliation has occurred. Once this has happened they do not go back and count one anothers’ faults and weaknesses. They cease to describe their world, which they must both co-habit by reasons of history, using the same short-hand formulas they once used to refer …
It may help just for second to imagine a landscape where singing softly sung love songs were not possible. This was the moment when Princess Magogo Buthelezi lived, the life which she knew. Mangosuthu Buthelezi describes her mother as a political force of her time—a musician and singer whose life story was turned into an …
BB King is remembered as one of the most important artists in the history of blues, with a long career that spanned seven decades and included classic hits such as Three O’Clock Blues (1951), The Thrill is Gone (1969) and 1989’s When Love Comes to Town (recorded with U2). Widely considered one of the most …
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Each of us are called to influence, shape and impact whatever area of life we are involved in. We have heard it before there are those who build, there are those who think about the building (the engineers), and then those who are more concerned with what will happen when the inside is finished (interior …
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We got a chance to konnekt with Post-Revolutionary Leader, Markay Berhane. Who is also a Civil Engineer based in the Western Cape. Don’t be fooled by his present locale, Markay is a global citizen with afropolitan tendencies. What is your name? Markay Berhane Where were you born? Moscow, Russia. My parents, both from Eritrea, met …
She is ambitious and full of energy. He has seen some of the best times (World Cup 2010) and some of the worst times (xenophobic attacks). She is still at university preparing to be the best she can be. He is sobering from the first festivities of 1st year. Now its time to tighten-up and …
If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn’t love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything but didn’t love others, …
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Written by Thokozani Mhlambi There is an ancient biblical proverb that goes: “People stay in hiding when bad men come to power. But when they fall from power, righteous men will rule again.” From this saying, it looks as if the wrath of bad men silences the perspectives of good man, to the extent that …
Here I begin where I ended with the last piece (see below): The trouble with a constitutional culture is that it is a problematizing culture. A kind of problematizing that is couched in the pretense of debate. Where constitutionality may be troubling is that it can sometimes be insensitive, without even seeing that it is …
It has been a number of months since Brett Murray’s pornographic painting of President Zuma was exhibited at Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg. Then there was a public outcry. After these remarkable events which left many South Africans divided on who is right and who is wrong, I would like to provide some thoughts on governance: …
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I had the pleasure of attending an arts exhibition held by a collective group of artists known as Afropolitan Explosiv. This was held at the Gallery MOMO in Parktown North, on 7th ave. As someone who is not that involved in the arts, but however interested in poetry, I did not know what to expect. …