Happening this evening. There is so much being said by formerly incarcerated individuals. One brother, Keketso, when talking of prison reform and the lack of consultation with those affected said “if we are not at the table, we are the menu”… instagram.com/p/C4qkyH3NQWF/…

Join HouseOfSachane for an evening of music with celebrated pianist, composer, arranger and educator Nobuhle Ashanti, in conversation with Koketšo R Sachane. Tickets on Quicket quicket.co.za/events/257374-…

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Looking forward to our collaboration with Open Book Festival. Get your tickets webtickets.co.za/v2/EventTicket…

.HouseOfSachane to stage #ALetterToSobukwe at Open Book Festival on Saturday 7th September. webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCatego…

Days away from HouseOfSachane’s staging of #ALetterToSobukwe at Open Book Festival. Our founder and curator Koketšo R Sachane shared with #MorningLive’s Liezle Wilson “Why Robert Sobukwe”. Tickets available via Webtickets webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCatego…

This Friday @houseofsachane stages #FootprintsInNature at @openbookfest with singer and anthropologist @birdieworldwide, in conversation with @koketsosachane. Birdie explained to #MorningLive’s Liezle Wilson the importance of indigenous knowledge systems in conservation.

Koketšo R Sachane introduces @birdieworldwide. “It’s raining,” Koketso refers to Birdie’s song title, but “it’s more than just a weather forecast.” Birdie replies, “This song is reminiscent of my childhood… a song we used to sing when it rained.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

“The rain means a lot for people and nature,” Birdie continues. “It means harvest. The animals and the trees need water. Everything in the environment relies on the rain.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane Speaking on the notion of belonging, @birdieworldwide recalls arriving in the Cape in her ‘Joburg high heels’, and not speaking much Afrikaans. “I was always reminded that I’m an outsider here,” she says. #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane Koketso asks @birdieworldwide about her thesis and Mapungubwe. Birdie responds, “I started asking myself: how did people live in this land before? So for my Master’s I studied people’s connection to the environment…” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane …For my Phd, I looked at people’s connections to national parks.” @birdieworldwide continues, “Mapungubwe is not a very big national park, but it has two rivers running through it. It’s a border community. People move through the space illegally.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane Koketšo R Sachane notes the nature of displacement and the relationship between national parks and how people’s status becomes ‘illegal’. @birdieworldwide adds, “The animals in the parks are not illegal, but the people are.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane Koketšo R Sachane Birdie notes that at one time, groups moved freely around the borders of the Mapungubwe area. People would share land, and intermarriage was not uncommon. “We cannot ignore the Bantustans, which divided us along language and tribal lines.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane Koketšo R Sachane Birdie says, “The apartheid government was very involved in the Mapungubwe project. So it was convenient for the truth – of the area as an economic hub – to be hidden.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane Koketšo R Sachane Koketso asks, “How is archaeology used as a colonial tool?” Birdie replies, “Material objects tell us a lot, but it is also useful to speak to people. Colonialism comes in and says ‘empty’, ‘erase’; a lot of our history is lost in that way.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane Koketšo R Sachane Koketso asks what we can learn from elephants. Birdie replies, “Elephants tell the story of people’s place in areas like Mapungubwe. Elephants can move between places freely; people can’t. It paints a picture of the place of humans in conservation areas.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

HouseOfSachane Koketšo R Sachane An audience member asks, “How are you not mad?” Birdie responds, “I am very mad. For a week after my PhD, I sat in my room and wept. Now I have my thesis, but material conditions of people in that area have not changed. It’s maddening, exhausting work.” #OBF2024 @houseofsachane

Let the music speak..Birdie live Open Book Festival during the staging of HouseOfSachane’s #FootprintsInNature. #OBF2024

This evening HouseOfSachane presents #ALetterToSobukwe at the Open Book Festival. Anchored in music by the award winning band Kujenga, the ode to uBaba Robert Sobukwe asks of us to reflect on the South Africa that was, is and could still be. #OBF2024 webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCatego…