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Contents
editorial
DON LETTS & SINÉAD O’CONNOR
Trouble of the World
MOEMEDI KEPADISA
A useful study in Democracy
FRED HO
Why Music Must Be Revolutionary – and How It Can Be
LOUIS CHUDE-SOKEI
Walking With Sound: Race and the Prosthetic Ear
Theme Lefifi Tladi
NUNU NGEMA
A Portrait of Ntate Lefifi Victor Tladi
MASELLO MOTANA
Tladi Lefifing!
SHEBA LO
Munti wa Marumo (Return to the source): Lefifi Tladi’s Cultural Contributions to the Struggle 1970-1980
SHANNEN HILL
CREATING CONSCIOUSNESS - Black Art in 1970s South Africa
EUGENE SKEEF
Convergence at the OASIS
LEFIFI TLADI
One More Poem For Brother Dudu Pukwana
DAVE MARKS
Liner Notes
PONE MASHIANGWAKO
My Journey with Mammoths: Motlhabane Mashiangwako and Lefifi Tladi.
GEOFF MPHAKATI & ARYAN KAGANOF
Giant Steps
ES’KIA MPHAHLELE
Renaming South Africa
LERATORATO KUZWAYO
Boitemogelo - Definitions of consciousness draped in Blackness
BRIDGET THOMPSON
Piecing Together Our Humanity and Consciousness, Through Art, Life and Nature: Some thoughts about friendship with the artist, musician and wordsmith: Lefifi Tladi
LEFIFI TLADI with REZA KHOTA & HLUBI VAKALISA
Water Diviner
PALESA MOKWENA
Bra Si and Bra Victor: The Black Consciousness Artists Motlhabane Mashiangwako & Lefifi Tladi
FRÉDÉRIC IRIARTE
Proverbs
ARYAN KAGANOF
Lefifi Tladi – The Score
DAVID LOCKE
Simultaneous Multidimensionality in African Music: Musical Cubism
MORRIS LEGOABE
A Portrait of Motlhabane Simon Mashiangwako, Mamelodi, 1978
ZIM NGQAWANA & LEFIFI TLADI
Duet of the Seraphim
PERFECT HLONGWANE
Voices in the Wilderness: A Trans-Atlantic Conversation with LEFIFI TLADI
LEFIFI TLADI with JOHNNY MBIZO DYANI & THABO MASHISHI
Toro for Bra Geoff
LEKGETHO JAMES MAKOLA
Facebook Post May 24 2023
KOLODI SENONG
Darkness After Light: Portraits of Lefifi Tladi
LEFIFI TLADI
The African Isness of Colour
EUGENE SKEEF
A Portrait of Lefifi Tladi, an Alchemist Illuminating Consciousness, London, 1980s.
galleri
BELKIS AYÓN
intitulada
LIZE VAN ROBBROECK & STELLA VILJOEN
Corpus of Ecstasy: Zanele Muholi at Southern Guild
BADABEAM BADABOOM
Excerpts from the genius cult book of black arts
PETKO IORDANOV
African Wedding (super8mm 9fps)
ANTHONY MUISYO
folk tales and traditions, the algorithm, ancient history and the city of Nairobi
NHLANHLA DHLAMINI
How to Fight the Robot Army and Win?
DZATA: THE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
A Repository of Thought
borborygmus
AMOGELANG MALEDU
Colonial collections as archival remnants of reclamation and (re)appropriation: reimagining the silenced Isigubu through Gqom
MALAIKA MAHLATSI
Townships were never designed for family recreation
BONGANI TAU
Can I get a witness: sense-less obsessions, brandism, and boundaries by design
SALIM WASHINGTON
The Unveiling
DYLAN VALLEY
Benjamin Jephta: “Born Coloured, Not Born Free”
EUGENE THACKER
Song of Sorrow
STANLEY ELKIN
The Flamenco Dancer
KEVIN BISMARK COBHAM
Plasticizing Frantz and Malcolm. Ventriloquism. Instrumentalization.
ARTURO DESIMONE
What the Devil do they Mean When they Say “Crystal Clear?’’
frictions
DIANA FERRUS
My naam is Februarie/My name is February
AFURAKAN
8 Poems From Poverty Tastes Like Fart! Ramblings, Side Notes, Whatever!
KHULILE NXUMALO & SIHLE NTULI
The Gcwala Sessions
LESEGO RAMPOLOKENG
Gwala Reloaded
ARI SITAS
Jazz, Bass and Land
ZOE BOSHOFF & SABITHA SATCHI
Love, War and Insurrection - A discussion about poetry with Ari Sitas
RICO VERGOTINE
Botmaskop (Afrikaanse Mistress)
RAPHAEL D’ABDON
kings fools and madwomen (after dario fo and janelle monae)
claque
JIJANA
home is where the hut is - Notes for a future essay on Ayanda Sikade’s Umakhulu
MATTHIJS VAN DIJK
Bow Project 2: Bowscapes – In Memory of Jürgen Bräuninger
PATRICK LEE-THORP
A discourse in the language of the Global North based on the colonial history of copyright itself: Veit Erlmann's Lion’s Share.
PERFECT HLONGWANE
A close reading of Siphiwo Mahala’s Can Themba – The Making and Breaking of an Intellectual Tsotsi: A Biography
RITHULI ORLEYN
The Anatomy of Betrayal: Molaodi wa Sekake’s Meditations from the Gutter
NCEBAKAZI MANZI
Captive herds. Erasing Black Slave experience
KARABO KGOLENG
Chwayita Ngamlana’s If I Stay Right Here: a novel of the digital age
WAMUWI MBAO
Nthikeng Mohlele’s The Discovery of Love: a bloodless collection.
RONELDA KAMFER
The Poetry of Victor Wessels: black, brooding black
NATHAN TRANTRAAL
Ons is gevangenes van dit wat ons liefhet: Magmoed Darwiesj gedigte in Afrikaans
ARYAN KAGANOF
Khadija Heeger's Thicker Than Sorrow – a witnessing.
KYLE ALLAN
Zodwa Mtirara’s Thorn of the Rose
ADDAMMS MUTUTA
Third Cinema, World Cinema and Marxism without a single African Author?
ekaya
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI
Spirituality in Bheki Mseleku’s Music
ESTHER MARIE PAUW
Africa Open Improvising & AMM-All Stars
STEPHANUS MULLER
An interview with Jürgen Bräuninger and Sazi Dlamini
off the record
TSITSI ELLA JAJI
Charlotte Manye Maxeke: Techniques for Trans-Atlantic Vocal Projection
KGOMOTSO RAMUSHU
Skylarks and Skokiaan Queens: Jazz women as figures of dissent
OLIVIER LEDURE
Some Posters and LP Covers of South African JAZZ Designed by South African Artists
HERMAN LATEGAN
Memories of Sea Point
ANDERS HØG HANSEN
Sixto and Buffy: Two Indigenous North American Musical Journeys
REINBERT DE LEEUW
Sehnsucht
RICK WHITAKER
The Killer in Me
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VANGILE GANTSHO
Thursday 8 December 2022
KEV WRIGHT
Monday 2 January 2023
WILLIAM KELLEHER
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
STEFAN MAYAKOVSKY
Thursday 2 March 2023
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Underground: The Sphere of 2SMan
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INGE ENGELBRECHT
1. Entering the undercommons
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5. Ôs is dai koortjie
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RICO VERGOTINE

Botmaskop (Afrikaanse Mistress)

Dubbel-sinnig,
Wis-kundig?

Afrikaanse Mistress.
Afrikaans ‘n Mistress

Kom in Skat, Kom in;
Ek is ‘n tempel

Eks rê-rag hie,
As ‘n wesen, in ‘n mens-Vel..

Ma…Shhhh, shh…
bly net bietjie.. Stil…..              … remember

Onst mos ‘n net ge-cast……….. (visvang… vir kak behaviours)
Tot jou geboorte in September

Dis stil neh, so loud…
Saggies.. donners fokken lekke,

Kom in, vee jou voete af,
Los net jou skoene da buite

Godt, hiers niemand,
Here, Godt Vrou.. is net stilte en ruimte

Hies nog-ie ees …gedagtes sie,
Hies skaas fokken woore..

Topics and segways,  jy kan mos code lees..
Quantum Non-locality, of dan die heilige gees;

Die (a priori discussion), ‘moet’ priority wees..?

tau Neutrinos, Leptons, Strange-quarks en goedtes dis
actually.. net ‘n klomp wis-kundige roetes

Wis wel, die waarheid  drie-enige Magte,
(Up, Charm en Top) Quarks… Three Generations of matter

Drie enig, 3 enig..
soos aldie scriptures vertel.

Oral, Oral, Oral

die.. ding.. breek.. ook.. tog.. op..
in klompie derdes.. oral.

Oral, dis al..
Everywhere, mondeling of fellatio  dan wel?

Beards, Dominants, Subs as jy tel
.. dis ook soo diep en sexual… Hell

kyk, jy
Sien jy..

Dis net Lyne van taal,
Wat oral.. eintlik die waarheid vertel

Hierarchies, Archetypes,
12, 8, 16 en 7 sowel..

Mathematical Deconstruction,
van die Hele Heelal

Romanties Nee, teeeeeet….
Alweer…fokken verkeerd…..

Stoppit man stadig..
trek terug die romans

.. altyd te ver gaan..
Liefdes mos ‘n fokken Gun..

Kom ons maak dit liewers alles First Order Logic,
moeg van verstaan.. God.. ek wil sê.. wat ek sien..

Romancings die fok op..
iets wat niemand wil hê?

Skiet my dood met die waarheid.
Ek wil Alles hê, Ekd mos gesê

Frame dit dan liewers clinically (dat ek vir Jou hier is)
Fok die playbook, HierosGamos, Jung  & Freud se Psycho-analysis

Wil eintlik net sê,
wat hier in Jou hart is..

Shjoe maar dis lekker, bel die brandweer fok als..
Weer fokken excited en hoogs emotional..

God Vrou… Jissis..
Ek voel hoe jy ontplof,

Eks…. nou…. seker….. Nee,
wag..

ek Seker net weer heeltemal gek..
Sê sonder skaamte:

“Die slang om jou lyf,
Behoort om my nek.”

net data neh, shjoe
Maak met dit…. net wat jy wil

Die Information-matrix,
dis ‘n waarheids-tabel,

‘n toutologie, of dan ‘n waarheids dwaling, van soort
dis ‘n coding node………… dis ‘n Ingangs poort

….is daar .. dan regtig…
.. iets soos… opponents?

Nee, Nee, Nee, Elke sisteem,
Presies dieselfde ….. components!!!!!

Quantum entanglement,
Wat van Subjective Objectivity?

‘n Non-local Meta identity,
in ‘n dense local boundary

Dis Presence,
Dis Tyd

Sê Man,
Sê Vrou..

Sê.. Sonder filter..
Sê… Net Wat jy wil..

Decoding Projections,
Als net lyne van code…

Wat virre ding,
is dit dan eintlik…… ‘n nul…?

Is dit ‘n Void, is dit ‘n blackhole?
Of die leemte waar proteïen kettings invou?

Hacking reality
.. nou daar…. is ‘n Goal…

‘n grens oorlog, mos…..
Maak jy byl skerp …. of  wat… Kom ons slaan die hele ding plat.

Sestien universes, soes albasters in my
tikkie pocket sak..

128bit encoding,
in elke hoop kak..

Breek dit dan eers… net deur 16………….en tel
dis ook net 8 states van Yoga……..dis  al.

Want Jesus ‘n Christ (in die Christen verhaal),
is ook Isa in (Islam) as jy dit vertaal..

Kalki 1Oth Avatar van Vishnu
in die (Upanishads), as jy nou sulke goed tel

ook Maitreya Buddha
soos Atïestieste Samkhya (Buddhism) vertel..

Die lot praat self van hulle eie se Pa.. wel,
Voorwerpe van Toorn…. soos hulle die Einde voorspel

Want God bid vir niemand, Net wat Sy klaar is..
Vir Haar is Hy wakker, dis vir Hom wat Sy gis

Sys die een
Hys die nul, dis al

Dis als programming man
Dit is taal, dit is Taal..

Want Allah en Yah-weh is Shiva dis Al..
Parasiva, Saguna Brahman, Google as jy will

Bhairava is Bholenath… en dis fokken.. mal..
Yah-weh sê Aweh… dis kaaps. check jy hoe

Ammal is an self Jesus my broe..
Arjuna-Krishna, ‘n Hero’s journey dan soe..?

Jesus, my broe ook… die… Een wel,
Afkomstig van Jou Een voor hy kon tel.

maak amper nie saak hoe
die dice dan val..

Sug alles uit…
sug dan diep van moegheid.

Speel jy?
Of moet jy nog kaate optel?

….. Distelleer dan net alles,
Fokkinville…  Here…

asof ekke die een is,
die een is.. wat mal is…

dit moet oek sieker dan
deel haa-van wees,

Die “Messiah Kompleks”……  breek in by dai “Glory”
33 Gode uit gegooi, uit dai … Triple-Story

Net ook nog codes, neh,
Jesus.. in vlees.

Nee, Nee eks ‘n nul,
Eks ‘n nul, Hys ook ‘n …. Een..

AlmaIs dan Krishna, of Vishnu….. watter Een?
Almal is ‘n een, nes die Christen seun.

.. dit kan enige een wees, maar
Dis almal in vlees..

Anxiety, Edging..
Of net… Grens Oorlog awareness?

Voor die gedagtes oor
… wat Dit, dan als is?

Net architecture,
is dit wat ’n Man is..?

Vir wat man, hoekom.. wats almal soe bang..
watse madness issit die… is  mos anders vir ammal,

Check net mooi….check
check net rêrag…. hoerrit is,

Elkeen Sy eie diss-ease, Haar eie madness
Haar eie … spesifieke manier.. hoe Sy gis

Als tog die selle
Allegorical nar-ra-tives,

Same same, but different
Alles net wis-kunde; Integers, Levels!

Geometric Simulation,
Algebriac … differentiation,

Einstein rosen-bridges,
En.. Topological fascinations

Projections dan wel?…  meer soos
… mass  illustrations, wat ‘n storie vertel…

Sirkels in Sirkels, wat alles verhaal..
sê Nee man, vir alles.. se NEE vir ammal.

Feedback loops, dan
en om space te hou… vir Jou..

Watse mooi voorreg..
Dis nou iets wat Ek van hou..

How to assimilate the coding  of “Hell”
Loop heeltyd hier rond, mettie antidote, wel

Want God en die Duiwel, Moet dieselfde ding is..
Alles net lables, om te beskryf wat… Ons is..

Want die Duiwel, is God, se ander gesig?
Advaita. Non dualism, is jy wis, hoe dit is?

Sys ‘n Anargis?
Hy’s an self Die Abyss..

.. wat aannie annekant vannie blackhole is..

Dan’s Sy weer ‘n Mermaid,
Swem ……. soos ‘n vis in die Abyss..

;Ek is God,
;Jy is God

Dis ook seker waar..

Maar Jy is…. ‘n Heks,
en…. Ek, ‘n Towenaar,

‘Jys Hexa-desi-maal en Ekke ‘n Nul.
Binary Coding, Logies verhaal

Ons twee is Wis-kunde
Ons Twee….. Is Taal

Jy is die living waters, 
Soos John John voor… Manousche vir my vertel..
en Eks dan die Fires, Die vlamme van Hell?
soos ek terug skel!

Botmaskop Hottentots Holland
… is ‘n Draak se verhaal,

Ver Ouer as tyd,
ver voor ruimte uitstrek..

Anyway… Genoeg!!

kom ons trek…. vir nou
… ‘n eerste paar lyne..

Wat van die legality van my Medisyne?

Die Vloede en vuure sal Alles verwoes,
tot dat my Sampioene legal is…!

‘n Bergie Skryf..

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