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“The Gwarrie Call that they Recognise”: An analysis of the translated Sesotho poem “Ntwa ea Jeremane 1914” (War against Germany 1914) by BM Khaketla (1913–2001)
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
This essay looks at a recently translated poem, “Ntwa ea Jeremane 1914”, written by BM Khaketla, as a lens through which to approach the feelings and attitudes of people from Lesotho towards the world wars. A poem is ...
The letters of Sushila Gandhi: From press worker to managing trustee of Phoenix settlement in South Africa, 1927 to 1977
(SAGE Publications, 2023)
On 18 March 1949, Sita Gandhi, the eldest daughter of Manilal and Sushila Gandhi, responded to a request for information from Louis Fischer who was writing his biography of Mohandas Gandhi. The 21 years old had taken over ...
Performing the struggle against apartheid opposing apartheid on stage: King Kong the musical
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Tyler Fleming’s book provides an account of the first production of ‘King Kong’ — a musical theatre
production based on the life of the boxer Ezekiel Dlamini — in 1959. This musical rankled the
apartheid state partly ...
Between racial madness and neoliberal reason: Metonymic contagion in apartheid biopower
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
I will seek to consider the simultaneous workings of race and capital in apartheid biopower. J.M. Coetzee offers a reading of apartheid racism as racial madness which is imbricated with economic reason. In the wake of the ...
’n Geskiedenis van Afrikaans as kerktaal: Van altaar tot kansel
(University of Pretoria, 2022)
This contribution shines a critical light on the representation of Afrikaans as a language of
the Church in external histories about the development and advancement of the language,
inclusive histories particularly. It ...
Expanding the boundaries through African women’s theologies
(Wiley, 2022)
The development and key features of African women’s theologies, primarily through the
Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, has entered the mainstream of theological
education, which could provide insights for ...
Black theologies of liberation: how should black lives matter theologically?
(The Ecumenical Review, 2022)
This article introduces this thematic issue of The Ecumenical Review, which originates from a colloquium hosted at the University of the Western Cape on Black theologies. Our aim is to propose a set of theological frames ...