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The Killing of the Dogs

This story of organised around and imaginary organised dog killing in a South African township during the period of resistance to apartheid oppression.

Njabulo Ndebele Njabulo Ndebele

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Coetzee, Kentridge, and the Computer: Automation and the Arts in South Africa

This study explores the reciprocal relationship between technology, politics, and the arts.

Mark Sanders Mark Sanders

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The Zulus of New York/The Madonna of Excelsior Script

In 1880 William Leonard Hunt, known as The Great Farini after his trapeze act with a troupe called The Flying Farinis, a well-known Canadian funambulist and impresario, imported a group of Zulus to England and later to the United States to perform as part of the human curiosities or freak shows in his popular circus.

Zakes Mda Zakes Mda

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The Free Peoples Festivals: exploring cross-border relationships and interactions in the fostering of alternative music communities in South Africa

This project forms part of a five year research project that is investigating the role that alternative music communities in South Africa played to imagine and create a social order different from the system of apartheid.

Lizabé Lambrechts Lizabé Lambrechts
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