This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Lebohang Masango, Thandiwe Ntshinga and Sue Nyamnjoh talk to Dela Gwala about navigating postcolonial reality.This event was made poss

OBF2023: Heritage Politics

Nov 14th, 2023 1h 11m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Tessa Dooms, Nadia Kamies and Patric Tariq Mellet speak to Lester Kiewit about grappling with the past to imagine a future.This event

OBF2023: Coming of Age

Nov 2nd, 2023 58m 51s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Marina Auer, Diane Awerbuck and Moshitadi Lehlomela speak to Sara-Jayne Makwala King about the vulnerabilities of young women.This eve

OBF2023: Queerness and Cape Town

Nov 2nd, 2023 59m 23s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Zoey Black, Maneo Mohale and Manila von Teez explore Cape Town's "queer capital" claims in the company of Lwando Scott.This event was

OBF2023: Reimagining Rituals

Nov 1st, 2023 1h 12m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.Hugo ka Canham, Maneo Mohale and Jarred Thompson speak to Pumla Dineo Gqola about finding new ways to live.This event was made possible by the suppor

OBF2023: The Performance of Normal

Nov 1st, 2023 58m 2s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Sarah Isaacs, Wisani Mushwana and Gail Schimmel speak to Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni about the pervasive impacts of shame.This event was

OBF2023: Enduring Connections

Oct 31st, 2023 1h 7m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Sven Axelrad, Sam Beckbessinger and Busisekile Khumalo speak to Daniella Djan about complex friendships.This event was made possible b

OBF2023: Motivations for Writing

Oct 31st, 2023 59m 57s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.Athambile Masola, Nombeko Nontshokweni and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, speak to Pumelela Nqelenga about writing to fill in gaps, unsilence and heal.This e

OBF2023: Acts of War

Oct 31st, 2023 1h 9m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Andrew Brown, Craig Higginson and Farai Mudzingwa speak to Ziyanda Stuurman about the impact on the people who have to fight.This even

OBF2023: Nobuntu

Oct 30th, 2023 46m 39s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.This is Q&A session with Nombeko and Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni that followed the screening of Nobuntu, the personal journey of a daughter who helps he

OBF2023: Based on Truth

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 2m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Craig Higginson, Wanjiru Koinange and David Ralph Viviers speak to Christy Weyer about blending research and fiction and blurring bound

OBF2023: Cape Town City Stories | African Cities as Text

Oct 27th, 2023 1h 5m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Caryn Dolley, Patric Tariq Mellet and Chase Rhys speak to Barbara Boswell about writing the memories and (sub)cultures of Cape Town. Br

OBF2023: Constructed Identities

Oct 26th, 2023 57m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Lynsey Ebony Chutel, Thandiwe Ntshinga and Pieter Odendaal speak to Nadia Sanger about the roots of racial identity in South Africa.Th

OBF2023: Fracture

Oct 26th, 2023 59m 52s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Sarah Lubala, Maneo Mohale and Uhuru Phalafala talk to Nondwe Mpuma about finding words to speak about the shatterings of life.This ev

OBF2023: Compelled to Speak

Oct 26th, 2023 59m 46s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.Festival Coordinator, Frankie Murrey, is forced on stage by Mervyn Sloman to talk about her exquisite collection of short stories.This event was made

OBF2023: Collecting the Words

Oct 25th, 2023 58m 19s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Diane Awerbuck, Sue Nyamnjoh and Zibu Sithole speak to Karina Szczurek about their writing journeys.This event was made possible by t

OBF2023: Surviving Masculinity

Oct 24th, 2023 1h 2m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Sipho Banda, Hugo ka Canham and Morabo Morojele speak to Koketso Sachane about changing the narrative.This event was made possible by

OBF2023: Connecting to the Self

Oct 24th, 2023 1h

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Nadia Kamies, Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu and David Ralph Viviers speak to Wamuwi Mbao about the need to find the past in order to find onese

OBF2023: The Way of Water

Oct 24th, 2023 58m 43s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Ron Irwin, Farai Mudzingwa and Marita van der Vyver speak to John Maytham about the significance of water in their novels.This event w

OBF2023: Teamwork

Oct 24th, 2023 59m 17s

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Sam Beckbessinger & Dale Halvorsen and Qarnita Loxton & Gail Schimmel speak to Kelly Smith about the ins and outs of collaborative writ

OBF2023: Feminist Imaginings

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 34m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Hilda Twongyeirwe imagine the intergenerational communication

OBF2023: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 1m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, John Maytham talks to Mills Soko about scenario planning and influencing the future. This event was made possible by the support of th

OBF2023: Conversations with Mohale

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 39m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In the annual event hosted by Mohale Mashigo, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Lebohang Masango and Maneo Mohale speak sex, pleasure and cons

OBF2023: Queering the Page

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 6m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.In this event, Wisani Mushwana, SJ Naude and Pieter Odendaal speak to Branden Grant about queerness and masculinity.This event was made possible by t

OBF2023: Poets in Conversation

Oct 20th, 2023 1h 4m

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.This platform offers the poets an opportunity to consider their experiences following the Hear My Voice Poetry Retreat, and respond to the query, "Wh