AiW author: Heather Walker. A long-awaited South African film about struggle icon Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu opened in cinemas across South Africa this weekend. It will also be screened in London at the BFI on Thursday 6th April. Kalushi: The Story of… Read More ›
Miners Shot Down – Film Screening Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS Thursday 5 Feb, 7pm In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live… Read More ›
Africa in Words will be taking a short break from posting new content over the Christmas period, but we will be back refreshed and raring to go in January. Meanwhile, so you can still get your Africa in Words fix,… Read More ›
Africa in Words Guest: Gavin Brown. When I set out to research the history of the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London, I knew I could trace enough former participants in that protest to make the project… Read More ›
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