Founded in 2002 by Ntone Edjabe, the Cape Town, South Africa-based platform of writing, art and politics has many formats.
Browsing: Poetry
In this literary essay, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina, drawing on an interview with Senegalese musician and politician Youssou N’Dour, tells of colonialism and learning to swim, of politics and poetry, of music and essentialist understandings of culture and identity.
In 2015, the first issue of the literary magazine PS – Politisch Schreiben was published under the theme “Competition & Canon”. On the newspaper’s website, in addition to articles from the various issues, there is also an extensive list of links to friendly (art) projects and people.
The online show, a mix of rap video and news format invented by rappers Keyti and Xuman, has been around since 2013. Meanwhile, various Senegalese musicians* present national and international themes, mostly in Wolof and French.
“Few issues are discussed with more passion in Europe than that of refugees. But the affected people themselves do not participate. Where do they actually come from? What was their everyday life like, their life between home, work, family, friends and neighbors?
In the poem “Academic Indian Job Description: Have To Know,” Cree scholar Cash Ahenakew describes his difficulties (and those of others) in adapting to the academic context and its expectations with his Indigenous subjectivity and corresponding values.
A new brochure from the Austrian Quix – Collective for Critical Educational Work is dedicated to the topics of “Gender, Sexuality and Desire” in educational work. The focus is on educational work in the context of development policy, especially international voluntary services.
In her poem “Brutal Kindness”, Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti speaks of boundaries, of self-evidence, of respect, of human dignity and…
[youtube id=”0lG1s5iMsZE”] The film “Hope in the Heart” directed by Maria Binder shows as a unique document stages of the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB3d8SJrcBU Diese Poetry-Performance ist eine Ansprache an Eltern von Kindern of Color. Die Performer*innen thematisieren aus einer Betroffenenperspektive heraus Erfahrungen,…
“It’s not the differences that inhibit us, it’s the silence.” Through her poems, lyrics, and speeches, Audre Lorde (1934-1992) sought…
Texts and collages that have appeared on the blog migrantenstadl, as well as previously unpublished material, are now presented by…