LWAZI LUSHABA
Saturday 4 April 2020
My dear brother Aryan,
Warm greetings. Sorry it has taken me a couple of days to get back to you. Yesterday night I took almost two hours going through the Issue #2 of herri. What a fantastic archive you are creating there my brother, original thought undoubtedly into conceptualising this. Even in our universities you do not find this level of creativity and originality. Our institutions are riddled with mercenary academics: they are in it for money, driven by egocentric careerism, churning our formulaic journal articles.
You may be wondering what does all of this have to do with your herri Issue. It’s been a long while since I have read pieces in South Africa that show a real fascination with thought. Many of the authors bridge, well, in fact demonstrate without a doubt, that no gap exists between themselves and the ideas they are engaged with. I am impressed and encouraged. Maybe not all is lost, is the lesson I should take.
Meanwhile stay safe and well in these difficult times.
Regards
Lwazi