Charl Blignaut

"His work challenges us to recognise that true liberation extends beyond political sovereignty or cultural revival. It requires the radical work of reinventing how knowledge itself is produced and validated." https://t.co/xdfCazluU2

"The country’s name is thanks to the Shona people’s long artisanal tradition of stone working. Cities were built with blood, sweat and tears. Stone sculpture was not a peculiarity ignited by colonial encounter. It was always there." ⁦@tinsmush⁩ https://t.co/OikiOYxk75

"Granted, he did not substantially alter the content of that message, which is often seen as conservative, Eurocentric, and resistant to cultural pluralism and social change. But he constantly chipped away at its foundations through inclusion." https://t.co/78cpQF0dam

"Under the presidency of South Africa in 2025, the G20 has chosen four key culture focus areas: heritage restitution; socio-economic strategies for inclusivity; digital technologies; and climate action." https://t.co/WjzRRPKoHt

"The dominant motivation for ritual murder is financial gain ... A new consumerist ethos also plays a role: wanting a life of luxury and the admiration that comes with it." https://t.co/g4awl4CrAb

"How it works is that a woman – often wealthy or of high status – pays a bride price and takes on a wife who is expected to bear children. A male relative or chosen partner, known as the genitor, fathers the children." https://t.co/MyVO3livXE

"Amadou & Mariam, who met when she was 18 and he 21, took traditional Mali music and blended it with western rock and many other influences to shape a whole new sound that was both rich and playful." https://t.co/sqrDtgaReT

"Coventry shows how sport can temporarily transcend racial divides and how politics reframes those divides. Her whiteness was palatable only because it was non-threatening, even useful." Great read by ⁦@manasekudzai⁩ via ⁦@TC_Africa⁩ https://t.co/TknTv1YU5e

Women only really emerged in Tunisia's male-dominated rap scene with the revolution in 2011. And they're rapping about much more than just patriarchy. https://t.co/X93Vy7WTdI

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"Most of world history in general is full of terrible stories about wars and violence. But this is not the only story, because people have survived to tell what happened." https://t.co/95opongFKi

"In the African literary context, books like this are all the more important as they show that, in the past few years, African writers have assertively pushed back against the 'single story'.” https://t.co/tkRe961Q78

"Fugard’s people – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of today who are refugees. His work helped people to understand the world we live in and the human condition." https://t.co/VigTzeJmAf via @TC_Africa

"Many individual Africans and their kingdoms were not powerless when dealing with Europeans. They could push back and succeed. The Mpfumans were able to rid themselves of the English and the Dutch when they desired." https://t.co/Pygd8R4QFG via @TC_Africa

"The king’s move is unprecedented because wives typically remain part of the royal household even if their relationship with the king ends. Generally, the indigenous laws of the AmaZulu discourage divorce." https://t.co/tIbLdYj9eR via @TC_Africa