Thursday, May 8, 2008

The Prestwich memorial blessing


On the 23rd April, The Prestwich memorial building was blessed by various ministers/ priests from various religions. The bones of the slaves were exhumed and moved into the building after the blessing.

Cape town international Jazz fstival

Spier poetry exchange


Shabbir Banddbhai












The Spier poetry exchange was held in Feb this year, it was a formal collaboration between the Africa centre and the Winternachten international literature festival in Hague.
Above: Napo Masheane from Gauteng, she was nominated for the 2005 Daimler Chrysler South african poetry award.

" Afro - it needs no definition, no explanantion, no contradiction, no introspection and definitely no hateration, for it is just what it is Afro says the fashion bible of the house of the holy Afro." from " the afo is africa" poem.

Woman's conference


Winnie Madikizela Mandela

Mrs Zanele Mbeki

Mrs Zanele Mbeki

Documentary images by Anita van Zyl

In May 2006 an international woman's conference was held in parliament in Cape town. Speakers throughout africa attended to discuss "woman and the economic recovery of africa." the conference was attended by woman from various countries including South Africas first lady Mrs Zanele Mbeki.