A lovely lady by the name of Amandla Kwinana who writes for Kasi Times did the write-up for our last event held at the Goethe-Institut on Saturday, 16 June 2012. Here’s an excerpt from her review… “Break over and we poured into the auditorium. I’m sure a lot of people also wanted to share their […]
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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.
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At our recent event held on the 3rd of March at Gallery MOMO in Parktown North, we as Afropolitan Explosiv, had the pleasure of hosting Robert “Bobby” Godsell as part of our panel that helped to guide the talk on: “Creativity as a way of building growth”. Below, are the reflections by Bobby on the
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By Nobuntu Mqulwana I had a both interesting and strange dream in 2012. I dreamt I was living in a society, within a community whereby we were all free to be who we each were made to be. We were thriving, blooming, happy and life truly was worth living. Suddenly, it was decreed by some
I feel that what defines a generation is both what they have learnt from predecessors as well as what they have added to it. Our generation is still grappling with the positioning and emancipation of the African continent as a whole, we are still grappling with leadership issues and as well as those of raising
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There’s a time when each generation passed, has looked back at their life’s accomplishments with a sense of nostalgia and self-satisfaction. I picture an old couple sitting on the stoep on a rocking chair on an autumn afternoon, sipping on cool lemonade, each trying to piece together fragmented and hazy remembrances of a time long
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After weeks of planning and meticulous attention to detail, 20 August 2011 was upon us, the event that has been on everyone’s lips had arrived. People filtered in, intermittent at first, as if signalling everyone’s trepidation of what was about to unfold. Eventually, droves of patrons entered the doors of Momo gallery just in time
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