The day you guys learn a trauma bond doesn’t mean people bonding over trauma the earth will heal

i am sorry but the militarisation of townships is the laziest answer to our widespread extortion and gang related violence. COVID taught us the army does not understand and differentiate between different scopes of force. poor unarmed persons are going to be casualties.

Photojournalist Jurgen Schadeberg is arrested at the treason trial of anti-apartheid activists in 1958. (Image Source: Drum Social Histories/BAHA)

Ramadan joy in Gaza despite the ruins.

"For me, success is not a public thing. It's a private thing. It's when you have fewer and fewer regrets" Happy Birthday to the Legend that is Toni Morrison

i got brilliant feedback for my upcoming ted talk. get your tickets here: quicket.co.za/events/356558-…

I don’t have words to express the profound impact Toni Morrison has had on me. it is a gift to assign her to students & watch them awaken, too. she taught me so much, including to make sure I never let anyone give me “a secondhand lonely.”

How the DA sees CPT vs CPT

“sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.” — audre lorde

Angela Davis and Toni Morrison, 1974.

Excerpt from Toni Morrisons eulogy of James Baldwin

People who could only govern by excluding 76% of the population from the basics want to talk about fixing South Africa. Wow.

Our eyes can see, and our ears can hear.

Victim of police brutality, Johnny Mashiane, a 15-year-old activist, spent a month in a psychiatric hospital following his release from detention. A normal child before his arrest, barely able to speak after his release. Footage from the 1986 documentary Witness to Apartheid by

“I don’t understand why women don’t just report it if it really happened.” When I was 19, I reported mine. I had bruises. Hospital photos. Text messages of him apologizing the next morning. My friends drove me to the station because I could barely stop shaking. I thought evidence

The great Maya Angelou joins the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Oliver Reginald Tambo's funeral at FNB Stadium. #jessejackson #revjessejackson #ripjessejackson #antiapartheidstruggle #internationalsolidarity #alutacontinua #mayaangelou

One of my students brought this heartbreaking poem to class to today

Inkedama, a 1975 film directed by Simon Sabela. The film featured Cynthia Shange, Ray Msengana, Sam Williams and Joe Mafela.

I’ll be at a pre-salon dialogue that’s a teaser for my upcoming talk at TEDx Johannesburg: Voices of the Unheard. It’s free! Please join us. (Tickets for the main event happening Feb 28th are available at Quicket)

Masidibane khona babhem. 🌸 Kirstenbosch gardens 15 March Tickets at Webtickets.