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For many years, South Africa was seen as a poster child for peaceful reconciliation and the triumph of good over evil. The “Rainbow Nation” image brought tourism, international investment, and major global events such as the 2010 World Cup. But beneath the glitz, there was a darker side: grinding poverty, widespread corruption, violent xenophobia, and close ties with authoritarian regimes. These days, South Africa seems intent on restoring its international image as a moral superpower. FP deputy editor Sasha Polakow-Suransky is joined by Sisonke Msimang, the author of Always Another Country and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela, and Tony Leon, the former head of the Democratic Alliance and leader of South Africa's official opposition in Parliament from 1999 to 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week we brought you an episode on how the Labor party achieved gender parity through 30 years of affirmative action. But while important gains have been made by women, Australia still lags behind other multicultural countries when it comes to representing its population. In this episode, Nour Haydar speaks to writer and commentator Sisonke Msimang about why parliament is more diverse than ever but still doesn't reflect Australian society

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Sisonke Msimang interviews Barbara Masekela about her memoir Poli Poli. Barbara remembers her childhood home with her grandmother and honours her generation of Black women. She contextualises her family's life in the history of dispossession, mobility, apartheid and reflects on her exile in the U.S. and transatlantic cultural ties. Barbara also mentions her friendship with the late Keorapetse “Bra Willie” Kgositsile, who is celebrated in episode four of this season. Sisonke Msimang is the author of two books: Always Another Country: A memoir of exile and home, and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela.  She has written essays and articles for a range of international press, and she works as a curator and storyteller. Sisonke is also a member of the board of PEN South Africa.   Barbara Masekela is a South African poet, educator, mother, and activist. She has served as ambassador to the United States and France, and has held various executive and non-executive directorships, including at Standard Bank, the South African Broadcasting Corporation and De Beers. Her memoir Poli Poli was published by Jonathan Ball in 2021. She lives in Johannesburg. In this episode we are in solidarity with academic and activist Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace. You can read more about his case here: https://www.pen-international.org/news/free-dr-abduljalil-al-singace As tributes to Dr Al-Singace, Barbara reads an extract from Margaret Walker's “For My People” and Sisonke shares a quote about courage from Maya Angelou. This podcast series is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Embassy in South Africa to promote open conversation and highlight shared histories.

With the lack of equity, reparation and justice experienced by the majority of South Africans since the end of Apartheid, there is a sense in the present moment of what we might call an ‘apology fatigue'. In ‘Unsettling Apologies', Melanie Judge and Dee Smythe have put together a collection of critical writings on public apology that explores the promise of and disappointments of public apologies, by politicians, by corporates, in the legal system, and more. In this episode, Vasti talks to Melanie Judge about this thought-provoking book, and Lyle Lackay and Vasti recommend books about apology, non-apologies, and lingering injustice. Lyle recommends The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela by Sisonke Msimang and Our Ghosts Were Once People, edited by Bongani Kona, and Vasti recommends How to Be a Revolutionary by CA Davids. This season was made possible by a grant from the National Arts Council. Vasti Calitz is the host and executive producer of A Readers' Community. Also on our team is our producer and editor, Andri Burnett, and our assistant producer and research assistant, Kelly-Eve Koopman, and assistant editor Simone Rademeyer.

The last few years have seen courageous sexual assault survivors become heroines and heroes, conquering the forces that have silenced them for so long. While laws are changing and we continue to unravel the culture of shame that has protected perpetrators and punished survivors – how can we evolve the conversation? Can we ever get to the heart of the matter, and think about a world without rape? Or are our efforts doomed to failure as we tinker at the edges of an eternal crime? Please note this session contains themes that may be sensitive to some listeners including discussions of rape and sexual assault.  Joanna Bourke is a historian, academic and Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy.  Jess Hill is a Walkley-award winning investigative journalist who's been reporting on domestic abuse for several years. Saxon Mullins is Director of Advocacy at Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy. In 2018 Saxon appeared on Four Corner's episode I am that girl where she gave up her anonymity to tell the story of her 2013 sexual assault and the subsequent criminal trials and appeals. Bronwyn is a Wiradjuri woman who has worked all her life for equality and the recognition of First Nations people and their rights.  Sisonke Msimang is an award-winning writer whose long-form writing on money, power and sex has appeared in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs the Washington Post, Lapham's Quarterly and a range of other publications.     

Have you ever wanted to be a author? well now could be your best chance. Tod spoke with Sisonke Msimang who is a South African writer, activist and political analyst based in Perth  Western Australia, whose focus is on race, gender and politics. Sisonke is the Litrature and Ideas curator for the Perth Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia is professed to be the most successful multicultural society in the world. However, with our treatment of multicultural communities throughout the pandemic, a selective immigration progress and fraught ongoing Indigenous relations – Australia continues to deliver some sharp lessons about race. Why is it that some lives are remembered, commemorated and valued more than others?  Delivered in the wake of the Queen's passing, author and activist Sisonke Msimang explores the preciousness of white life in the precarious face of Black Lives. Sisonke Msimang is an award-winning writer whose long-form writing on money, power and sex has appeared in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs the Washington Post, Lapham's Quarterly and a range of other publications. She is also a columnist for The Guardian Australia. Currently a fellow at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), she has fellowships at Yale University and the Aspen Institute, where her work has focussed on the form and content of women's stories.  She served as the Executive Director of a human rights organisation that provided grant funding and advocacy support to amplify the voices of activists living and working across Southern Africa. Much of that work involved gender justice in conflict and crisis-affected countries, most notably Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe. 

Stel, je mag je leven nog een keer over doen: zou je het anders doen, beter? En als je Hitler zou tegenkomen in 1933, zou je ‘m doodschieten? Dat zijn de vragen des levens inde BBC-drama Life after life, waarin hoofdpersoon Ursula telkens doodgaat en steeds weer opnieuw geboren wordt. Elke keer komt ze wat verder in haar leven, omdat ze door haar ‘sixth sense' een aanstaande dood (die ze al eens heeft meegemaakt) weet af te buigen. De vraag die blijft: kan je je eigen lot in handen nemen, gebaseerd op intuïtie of een voorgevoel? In de nieuwe Koos-podcast bespreken Yuki en Atze samen met seriekenner Anke Meijer deze verfilming van het gelijknamige boek van Kate Atkinson. Ook deelt Koos-vriend Jaap Robben zijn favoriete TEDTalk: die van schrijver Sisonke Msimang over Storytelling.

Concerns about cultural appropriation and authenticity – about who gets to tell a story, and who owns it – now dominate conversations about literary endeavour and value. Booker Prize–winner Damon Galgut (The Promise), Larissa Behrendt (After Story) and Paige Clark (She Is Haunted) join host Sisonke Msimang to ask: what are the responsibilities and opportunities of the creative writer and artist, and does imagination have its limits. Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and subscribe to our channel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can one ever get enough of the incisive commentary of South African author, essayist and commentator Sisonke Msimang? I hosted her on this edition of In The Ring to explore aspects of the social and cultural impact of Queen Elizabeth II.I started off by asking Sisonke whether she would like an opportunity to mourn the Queen. I wonder what you will make of her response? It was uhm #AwksWe explored a range of questions and issues, among them: the script of Empire, including "respectability and decorum" issues that Msimang explains as problematic in some of the responses to the death of the Queen; whether jocular responses, including the meme-ification of the monarchy, are acceptable or not; hypocritical tropes in how some Brits respond to their monarchy compared to the judgemental gaze of similar traditions elsewhere; whether or not the Queen is directly culpable for aspects of imperialism or 'merely' a beneficiary of unjust historical events; the place of monarchies in modern democracies; etc.Enjoy! 

Sisonke Msimang fought hard to find a home. She was born in exile, the daughter of a freedom fighter who had fled South Africa during apartheid.

Award-winning social advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied explores everything from big tech to unconscious bias. Her searching new essay collection Talking About a Revolution shares the challenges and grief around her activism and leaving Australia. Speaking live via video in her first Australian event ahead of its release, she shares insights into how notions of justice and transformative change are evolving, as well as the adversity faced by a younger generation of activists urged to work towards empowerment rather than power. Yassmin is in conversation with Sisonke Msimang. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and subscribe to our channel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are really excited to be airing the debut of our first ever series, Beyond Borders by Binta Yade. Conceptualised, produced and edited by Binta herself - the series discusses how expressions of blackness materialise in the UK and in Australia, and the ways in which black folk from either place continuously move beyond the limitations set by - and redefine - the mainstream amid the divergent history of the African Diaspora in these places. In this first episode, we hear Binta chatting to coveted writer Sisonke Msimang alongside accomplished anti-racist facilitator and advocate Maxine Thomas-Asante. Their words go well beyond surface, piercing through to upheaval shallow conversations about race, blackness, conceptions of self and a radical dreaming rooted in deep, critical connection. You'll also hear an exclusive interview between Binta and FBi's own Tariro Mukando sharing an intimate reflection on this piece and how it came together.  The Beyond Borders features the artwork of Gianna Hayes. She shares, “these pieces have been produced by overlaying plant-dyed fabrics. They reflect the merging of terrains, landscapes and waters as a response to the merging of conversations and experiences as black folks navigate various spaces. We carve our own sacred ecosystems that awaken our divinity” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this story, Emery Wishart worked alongside Sisonke Msimang to craft and perfect his story. About Emery: My name is Emery Wishart. I'm a young pre-service primary school teacher with a passion for supporting trans and gender diverse community development. I spent my adolescent years in country WA and want to share my experience of coming into my queer identity. The Centre for Stories collected a number of written and oral stories. Each participant's story has been thoughtfully crafted with the help of Oral Storytelling Trainer, Sisonke Msimang, and Writing Expert, Susan Midalia. This project was funded by Community Arts Network (CAN). CAN manages the Catalyst Community Arts fund on behalf of the State of Western Australia through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

Well-known South African author and commentator Sisonke Msimang examined the multiple meanings and implications of violence against foreign nationals as a guest on Eusebius on TimesLIVE. In the first part of the conversation, they develop a thick account of what it all means. McKaiser argues that while 1994 represents a genuine rupture in South African political history, echoes of apartheid South Africa cannot be ignored, such as the dompas system that sought to regulate who can live and work in particular parts of the country. Msimang, agreeing with the analogy, added other insights such as the marking out of some bodies as legitimate and others not. The dehumanising of the apartheid-era 'othering' is being reproduced in this moment of anti-foreigner violence and populist politics. Msimang conceded that legitimate popular discontent with the material conditions under which millions of impoverished black South Africans live, account in part for the anti-foreigner turn. However, she cautioned against the use of explanatory models to turn a blind eye to naked bigotry. Going further, she argues that Afrophobia unites many South Africans across our class, language and geographic differences. McKaiser and Msimang both argue that South African political parties are preying on legitimate discontent, tapping into the frustrations of South Africans by whipping up anti-foreigner sentiment. Citizens should put the state on trial, they argue, and not foreigners as such. Even the governing African National Congress, they caution, is pulling a fast one by showing solidarity with citizens in this moment as a way to avoid being judged for a failing bureaucracy they should take responsibility for. Msimang ended the episode with a brief sketch of a pan-African cosmopolitanism that we should forge, against the violent and exclusionary politics of othering and hating our neighbours.

Well-known South African author and commentator Sisonke Msimang examined the multiple meanings and implications of violence against foreign nationals as a guest on Eusebius on TimesLIVE. In the first part of the conversation, they develop a thick account of what it all means. McKaiser argues that while 1994 represents a genuine rupture in South African political history, echoes of apartheid South Africa cannot be ignored, such as the dompas system that sought to regulate who can live and work in particular parts of the country. Msimang, agreeing with the analogy, added other insights such as the marking out of some bodies as legitimate and others not. The dehumanising of the apartheid-era 'othering' is being reproduced in this moment of anti-foreigner violence and populist politics. Msimang conceded that legitimate popular discontent with the material conditions under which millions of impoverished black South Africans live, account in part for the anti-foreigner turn. However, she cautioned against the use of explanatory models to turn a blind eye to naked bigotry. Going further, she argues that Afrophobia unites many South Africans across our class, language and geographic differences. McKaiser and Msimang both argue that South African political parties are preying on legitimate discontent, tapping into the frustrations of South Africans by whipping up anti-foreigner sentiment. Citizens should put the state on trial, they argue, and not foreigners as such. Even the governing African National Congress, they caution, is pulling a fast one by showing solidarity with citizens in this moment as a way to avoid being judged for a failing bureaucracy they should take responsibility for. Msimang ended the episode with a brief sketch of a pan-African cosmopolitanism that we should forge, against the violent and exclusionary politics of othering and hating our neighbours.

Jonathan Ball Publishers have been publishing non-fiction titles in South Africa since the 1970s and they have been known to slaughter a couple of holy cows. One of their first well-known books was an exposé about the Broederbond, ‘The Super-Afrikaners' by Sunday Times journalists. The Publishing Director responsible for publishing many other well-known authors including Redi Thlabi, Van Zyl Slabbert and Sisonke Msimang for JBP is Jeremy Boraine one of South Africa's leading publishers. Boraine has been now been tasked to spearhead a new imprint for Icon Books in the United Kingdom, a post he will take up in April. Icon Books is an indie British company that JBP acquired in March 2020. Boraine told Linda van Tilburg about his plans to take the SA concept of ‘active publishing' overseas…

"This collective fury is so bright, so full of possibility, that it does feel like something new is afoot." – Sisonke Msimang For our 2021 Festival, an all-star line-up of guests came together to deliver a speech on the Festival theme, Within Reach. Speakers celebrated the power of writing to generate empathy, imagination and action. In this enthralling highlight, author Sisonke Msimang questions where justice can be secured from and if a new future awaits us.  Please note, this episode contains references to sexual assault and harassment.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What it is like to be a feminist in the public eye? A discussion from the 2021 Sydney Writers Festival with Laurie Penny author of Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults addresses, Journalist Virginia Trioli, who has published a revised version of her book Generation F: Why We Still Struggle With Sex and Power, and the host is author and feminist Sisonke Msimang.

Sisonke Msimang joined me to debate whether or not, when his legacy is properly considered, Archbishop Desmond Tutu can be located along the spectrum of Black Radical Thought. Msimang argues that not only is Tutu undeniably radical in his racial politics, but that we should also push back against notions of non-racialism that wrongly associate the doctrine with colourblindness and polite politics. Tutu's allyship on the question of same-sex love and relationships shows his intersectional politics within the church, itself a manifestation of his radicalism.I also explored with Sisonke what the achivements and limitations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission were, and how much of the shortcomings are to be  attributed to Tutu as such and how much of our incomplete justice project is to be blamed on the failures of the democratic state and other non-state actors. We ended off by exploring the fullness of Tutu's humanity, how his personal biography tracks the biography of the country and, lastly, why we should stop having existential crises about the moral giants of yesteryear no longer being with us, and rather embracing our generation's moral challenges by taking seriously our own agentive powers to complete the justice project. 

The second episode of Season Two of The Empty Chair is devoted to the Transatlantic legacy of Charlotte Maxeke. Writer and PEN SA board member, Sisonke Msimang is joined by three guests: Athambile Masola, writer, researcher and UCT lecturer; Adanma Mbonu, a recent graduate from Wilberforce University in Ohio, U.S.A. and Buhle Ngaba, South African actor, writer and speaker. Together they discuss the history of Wilberforce University, where Ma Charlotte attained her degree, and reflect on the ways her life has been recorded and remembered, as well as the legacies of her lesser-known peers. In this episode we stand in solidarity with the collective case of 12 Eritrean writers who have been imprisoned since 2001. Their names are: Dawit Isaak, Amanuel Asrat, Said Idris ‘Abu Are', Temesegen Ghebreyesuy, Methanie Haile, Fessehaye ‘Joshua' Yohannes, Yousif Mohammed Ali, Seyoum Tsehaye, Dawit Habtemichael, Said Abdelkadir, Sahle ‘Wedi-ltay' Tsefezab and Matheos Habteab. To learn more about their case, go to https://pen-international.org/campaigns/day-of-the-imprisoned-writer-2021 This podcast series is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Embassy in South Africa.

Death is a fact of life, but the experience of grief is unique to each of us. This poignant and thought-provoking anthology gives us portraits of grief as seen through the eyes of writers and poets. The contributions range from the deeply personal: a poet chronicles her relationship with her troubled, abusive father, a World War II survivor – to the political: an investigator from the Missing Persons Task Team draws us into the ongoing search for the remains of activists who were murdered by the apartheid state between 1960 and 1994 – to the philosophical: a writer ponders the ethics of killing small animals. Perhaps grief never truly ends but these stories transform the pain of death into something beautiful so that we can find ways to live with loss. Featuring contributions by Sisonke Msimang, Mary Watson, Karin Schimke, Hedley Twiddle, Ishtiyaq Shukri, Dawn Garisch, Shubnum Khan, Malika Ndlovu, Toni Stuart, Stacy Hardy and more.

Death is a fact of life, but the experience of grief is unique to each of us. This poignant and thought-provoking anthology gives us portraits of grief as seen through the eyes of writers and poets. The contributions range from the deeply personal: a poet chronicles her relationship with her troubled, abusive father, a World War II survivor – to the political: an investigator from the Missing Persons Task Team draws us into the ongoing search for the remains of activists who were murdered by the apartheid state between 1960 and 1994 – to the philosophical: a writer ponders the ethics of killing small animals. Perhaps grief never truly ends but these stories transform the pain of death into something beautiful so that we can find ways to live with loss. Featuring contributions by Sisonke Msimang, Mary Watson, Karin Schimke, Hedley Twiddle, Ishtiyaq Shukri, Dawn Garisch, Shubnum Khan, Malika Ndlovu, Toni Stuart, Stacy Hardy and more.

Author and commentator Sisonke Msimang joined Eusebius on In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser to discuss the legacy of apartheid's last leader, F W de Klerk.Did he fully and adequately account for apartheid and his role in it ? Did he deserve a Nobel prize for peace? Is it "too soon" to criticise him or does he not deserve a quiet period of mourning before critical legacy debates are framed?  What about the different ways in which he is interpreted by others? Some black people will and do respond with grace: why and is that praiseworthy or misplaced? What about Black rage in response to De Klerk: does it have a self-justifying place?

“The point of conversations like these is to counter the unbelievable gaslighting of the rest of the world. That is the point of feminist writing. It's saying again and again and again that rage is appropriate and that everything is not okay.” – Laurie Penny Twenty-five years ago, award-winning journalist Virginia Trioli tried to get to the bottom of questions about sex and power in Australian public life in her book Generation F. In a new edition published in 2019, Virginia revisited the horrifically – and historically – polarising conversation on appropriate responses to sexual abuse and harassment that continues today. Activist, journalist and author Laurie Penny is a powerful voice in global feminism. Their 2017 book Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults applied dark humour and urgent provocations to hard conversations on online harassment, the transgender rights movement and other definitive issues of our time. With author Sisonke Msimang, the pair tease out the shifts and faultlines of being a feminist in public life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Melinda Ferguson Books Chats the author of Rape and Female Fear Factory, Pumla Dineo Gqola, chats to South African writer, activist and political analyst, Sisonke Msimang. Where Rape: A South African nightmare introduced strategies for disrupting rape culture at an individual level, Female Fear Factory offers an even bolder vision for collective action against all cultures of sexual violence. Like the previous book on which it builds, Female Fear Factory fuses intellectual rigour and extensive research, written by one of South Africa's keenest minds, award-winning Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola. Please note this episode was recorded during an Exclusive Books webinar launch in July 2021. Get your copy of Female Fear Factory here: https://www.exclusivebooks.co.za/product/9781990973093 Music: “Sal” by Xylo-Ziko (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/polyrhythms/sal)

This is a conversation from 'Still Got It', collected at Side Walks 2021. It features Sisonke Msimang, Caroline Wood, and Jane den Hollander.

Tristan Bancks, longtime Byron Writers Festival supporter and Room to Read ambassador, chairs a discussion with Sisonke Msimang, Jennie Orchard and Alice Pung about their contributions to the anthology The Gifts of Reading, including the books they all love to give. The Gifts of Reading is an anthology of essays about the joys of reading and of giving books, from some of the world's most beloved writers, inspired by Robert Macfarlane, curated by Jennie Orchard, and published on the 20th anniversary of the global literacy non-profit Room to Read.

In Our Ghosts Were Once People, a new anthology about death and dying edited by Bongani Kona, celebrated author Sisonke Msimang writes about the multiple losses faced when her mother passed away. An intimate portrait of grief, it is both thought provoking and transformative. Sisonke Msimang is the author of Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela. She has written for The New York Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian. And last week she won the Western Australian Writer's Fellowship at the WA Premier's Book awards.

As an African living in Australia but with deep roots in South Africa, writer Sisonke Msimang is an insider-outsider. She tells us how she felt from afar as South Africa was burning. Guests: Sisonke Msimang Song: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokotho – Nothembi Mkhwebane Production: The Good People at Between Productions Editor: Charles Leonard

Sisonke Msimang on exile and home, hatred and belonging. You can find out more about Sisonke, her recent book Always Another Country, and her other writing here.

In the fifth and final episode of this season of The Empty Chair, PEN SA board member Sisonke Msimang interviews celebrated author and journalist Zubeida Jaffer. Zubeida talks about her books, writing in difficult and joyous circumstances, her certainty during the struggle against apartheid as well as her hopes for future generations. In this episode we stand in solidarity with Dr Stella Nyanzi, a medical anthropologist, feminist, poet and human rights activist.

In Visible Ink is a Museum of Freedom and Tolerance endeavour that makes visible the invisible. Through sharing and amplifying stories, histories, art, conversations and projects that inspire people to see differently, it aims to make changes towards a more just world. The BLM movement transformed global consciousness in 2020, bringing questions relating to the stories we make visible in our civic and popular culture to the fore as statues and monuments around the world tumbled. In solidarity with the protests, the names of some of the hundreds of Indigenous people who have died in custody were projected on a landmark sculpture in Walyalup (Fremantle) during 2020, bringing into focus place, visibility, history and the resonance of the BLM movement in Western Australia, the state with the largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody. To launch our 2021 In Visible Ink Symposium, we convened conversations around the themes of deconstruction and reconstruction of visual and civic culture. This powerful opening conversation led by Aboriginal women and women of colour, featured a line up of amazing speakers (see bios below): Chaired by Sisonke Msimang Dr Hannah McGlade Professor Suvendrini Perera Professor Anna Arabindan Kesson Shaheen Hughes Join the Museum of Freedom and Tolerance and special guests on a multi-sensory journey as we provoke our audience to question the visibility of dominant civic and cultural landscapes and landmarks, learn how to see differently, and actively seek a fairer and more just approach to systemic racism, discrimination, incarceration and inequality. Speaker biographies: Sisonke Msimang is the author of Always Another Country: A memoir of exile and home and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela. She is a South African writer whose work is focussed on race, gender and democracy. She has written for a range of major international news publications and has held fellowships at Yale University, the Aspen Institute and the Bellagio Centre. She is currently a fellow at the WISER Institute, at the University of the Witwatersrand. Shaheen Hughes is CEO of The Museum of Freedom and Tolerance. Shaheen has a background in international, national and state policy and advocacy, a master’s degree in International Communications and an honours in Art History and English Literature. Shaheen is a tireless advocate of the arts, passionate about creating diverse and inclusive environments and social justice solutions and committed to fighting hate and intolerance. Suvendrini Perera is a Curtin Distinguished Professor and Research Professor of Cultural Studies in the School of Media, Culture & Creative Arts. She has published widely on issues of social justice, including decolonisation, race, ethnicity and multiculturalism, refugee topics, critical whiteness studies and Asian-Australian studies. Suvendi has combined her academic career with participation in policymaking, public life and activism. Hannah McGlade is an Indigenous human rights lawyer, Associate Professor at Curtin Law School, and member of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues. Her book Our Greatest Challenge, Aboriginal children and human rights received the 2011 Stanner Award. Hannah has been at the forefront of the development of key organisations in Perth and WA, in relation to Aboriginal women legal supports, Noongar radio and Stolen Generations and healing. Anna Kesson is an immigrant art historian, writer and curator. She is Assistant Professor of Black Diasporic Art with a joint appointment in the Depts of African American Studies and Art and Archaeology at Princeton. Her first book is Black Bodies, White Gold: Art, Cotton & Commerce in the Atlantic World.

April 27th is a significant date for two countries on the African continent, separated by more than 5,000 km across the Atlantic ocean. On this day, both Sierra Leone and South Africa celebrate emancipation from minority rule. For Sierra Leone, it was becoming freed from the British in 1961, and for South Africa, the end of apartheid in 1994, some several decades later.  The period between the moment of emancipation and the contemporary moment marking it has arguably become consequential for considering both country's fates. In Sierra Leone, that period has been longer as the idea of freedom was at the core of Sierra Leone's founding over two hundred years ago, and the contestation over the meaning of that concept shaped its political trajectory since. The capital, Freetown, was first founded in the late eighteenth century by British abolitionists. This would set up a unique relationship between Sierra Leone and the British empire. The colony sat at the head of the British colonial administration in West Africa, with a “westernized” black population fit to fill the ranks of the bureaucracy in its colonizing project. A negotiated independence, won without mass struggle, would leave the work of decolonization incomplete, and a series of coups and military dictatorships, would culminate in a devastating civil war between 1991 and 2002. Following that, Sierra Leone took on another epochal mark, becoming a “post-conflict state.” Other than a brief re-appearance to the world as one of the hardest hit places during the Ebola epidemic between 2013 and 2016, plus a general election in 2018, there has been little interest from the international media to https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A618529&dswid=-848 (go deeper) into what's behind either the https://africasacountry.com/location/sierra-leone (successes and failures) of the Sierra Leonean national project. In South Africa, the fascination has often gone the other way—focusing on the country's  supposed peace. Indeed, the post-apartheid transition period when the African National Congress (ANC) spearheaded negotiations with the National Party are touted as remarkable for avoiding a collapse into civil war. But South Africa is extremely violent. As Africa Is A Country contributing editor Sisonke Msimang recently wrote for https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/democracy/nongolozas-ghost (Lapham's Quarterly), “After the historic 1994 elections that installed the ANC as the ruling party, there were hopes that the violence would end. Murders and rapes decreased in the years that immediately followed, but violent crime remained high. The gruesome statistics have once again begun to rise.” And while the mainstream South African media likes to portray this violence as cultural pathology, it too arises from deeper social and political realities, being most pronounced when citizens confront the post-apartheid state on its failures.  In this week's episode of AIAC Talk we're asking what liberation comes after independence. We are joined by Sisonke Msimang, Oluwaseun Babalola, and Ishmael Beah. https://www.sisonkemsimang.com/ (Sisonke) is a South African writer whose work is focused on race, gender, and democracy, and on top of writing for a range of international publications, she is the author of Always Another Country: A memoir of exile and home and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela (2018). https://www.obabalola.com/ (Oluwaseun) is a Sierra Leonean-Nigerian-American filmmaker; she founded DO Global Productions, a video production company specializing in documentaries. Her focus is to create and collaborate on projects across the globe, while providing positive representation for people of color; and https://www.ishmaelbeah.com/ (Ishmael), born in Sierra Leone, is the New York Times bestselling author ofhttps://ishmaelbeah.com/books/a-long-way-gone/ ( A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier)...

The pandemic put us all in limbo. For the first time, many Australians understood what it means to be stranded, unable to cross borders, separated from the people you love. When our government said we were ‘all in this together' – what happened to the refugees in Temporary? And what's ahead for them? Sisonke Msimang interviews Sarah Dale, Director of RACS (Refugee Advice & Casework Centre) to find out, in our final episode.

The pandemic put everyone in limbo. For the first time, many Australians understood what it meant to be stranded, unable to cross borders, separated from loved ones. The federal government said we were ‘all in this together' – but what about the refugees in Temporary? And what's ahead for them? Sisonke Msimang interviews Sarah Dale, the director of the Refugee Advice and Casework Service, to find out

The pandemic put us all in limbo. For the first time, many Australians understood what it means to be stranded, unable to cross borders, separated from the people you love. When our government said we were ‘all in this together’ – what happened to the refugees in 'Temporary'? And what’s ahead for them? Sisonke Msimang interviews Sarah Dale, Director of RACS (Refugee Advice & Casework Service) to find out, in our final episode.

Author Sisonke Msimang is the daughter of an ANC freedom fighter, born and raised in exile, who realised her dream of working in and for a democratic South Africa.

The Summer Series Takeover 2021 where friends of the podcast interview an author of their choice.

One family. All devout pacifists, they all fled the same dangers and all of them are recognised refugees in Australia. The mother and children were resettled from overseas and now have permanent protection. But their father arrived by boat. He lives in anxious uncertainty, enduring an opaque reapplication process that could result in his being torn away from them. Produced with UNSW Centre for Ideas and Guardian Australia, hosted by Sisonke Msimang. Visit the full 'Temporary' project at temporary.kaldorcentre.net/

In part 7 of Temporary, we meet Hani. Back in 2013, with Operation Sovereign Borders, the Australian government launched an outright war on asylum seekers, condemning 30,000 people seeking safety to mandatory detention and temporary protection, leaving thousands of people like Hani, a young poet from Somalia, caught in the middle. Years after the harsh deterrence policies were implemented, we ask: have they actually worked? Produced with UNSW Centre for Ideas and Guardian Australia, hosted by Sisonke Msimang. Visit the full 'Temporary' project at temporary.kaldorcentre.net/

The average time asylum seekers spend in Australian immigration detention is 564 days. Some people have been held for more than a decade. Kumar shares his story of indefinite detention, locked up for years without committing a crime. Produced with UNSW Centre for Ideas and Guardian Australia, hosted by Sisonke Msimang. Visit the full 'Temporary' project at https://temporary.kaldorcentre.net/

Listen to Arman share with host Sisonke Msimang how he came to understand that, when you're seeking asylum in Australia, there are no safety nets. Visit the full 'Temporary' project at https://temporary.kaldorcentre.net/

A special 150th episode! Anna chats with Jennie Orchard, curator of The Gifts of Reading: the Joys of Reading, Giving and Receiving Books, inspired by Robert Macfarlane.  We could not think of a more apt book to celebrate our 150th 'birthday' than this incredible collection as today's best writers share stories about their reading life and books they have given and received. A perfect gift and a joyous read.  Highlights include Chigozie Obioma, Candice Carty-Williams, Max Porter, Jan Morris, William Boyd, Philip Pullman, Sisonke Msimang, Marcus Zusak and Room to Read founder John Wood.  Jennie also shares the 5 books that she most often gives as gifts: No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani translated by Omid Tofighian The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri The Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst Coming up: Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie and What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras Twitter: @abailliekaras Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Click here to buy: Coming Soon Narrators: Shvorne Marks Frank Laverty Damian Lynch Laila Pyne Gabrielle Glaister Rebecca Yeo With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak 'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. 'You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people's hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. 'You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right. 'And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.' Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading. Inspired by Robert Macfarlane Curated by Jennie Orchard Produced with the authority of ROOM TO READ

How does storytelling have the ability to change human behaviour and bring about social change?

How does storytelling have the ability to change human behaviour and bring about social change?

This recording is from an event held on 5 August 2020. Sisonke Msimang, Ron Bradfield Jnr, Colin Archibald, and Kylie Bracknell share personal stories in the context of recent events around the world and the BLM movement. This event was made possible with support from Beaufort Rotary Club.

SENIOR FELLOWS VIRTUAL WELCOME CEREMONY | 1 AUGUST 2020 SPEAKERS (1) EVIE O'BRIEN, interim Executive Director, Atlantic Institute. (2) TANYA CHARLES, Program & Impact Lead, Senior Fellow Engagement, Atlantic Institute. (3) SISONKE MSIMANG, South African writer & author of Always Another Country - A Memoir of Exile and Home. (4) LOAN TRAN, Co-Director, Southern Vision Alliance, North Carolina, USA. (5) RUKIA LUMUMBA, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, Executive Director, People's Advocacy Institute & Co-Coordinator, Electoral Justice Project, Mississippi, USA. MUSIC | With thanks to WOMEN UNITE from South Africa, who seek to empower women and to stand up against contemporary social ills. FURTHER INFORMATION Atlantic Fellows | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/

We sit down with Lauren Beukes to chat about her new book, ‘Afterland', and some Book Lounge staff members recommend books they loved recently. Colin recommends ‘The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela' by Sisonke Msimang. Megan recommends ‘The Recovery of Rose Gold' by Stephanie Wrobel. Jess suggests ‘Here in the Real World' by Sara Pennypacker for 8-12 year olds and ‘When Sadness Comes to Call' by Eva Eland for little ones. Mervyn loved ‘Searching for Simphiwe' by Sifiso Mzobe and ‘Silver Sparrow' by Tayari Jones. Get in touch by emailing booklounge@gmail.com or send us a voice note on Whatsapp to +27 (0) 63 961-6154. Hosted by Vasti Calitz and produced by Andri Burnett.

Let's connect our global literary community in a time of closed borders. Hear World Editions authors Adam Dalva, Esther Gerritsen, Adeline Dieudonné, Pierre Jarawan, Sisonke Msimang, and Amin Maalouf read from their works, discuss the current situation in their countries, and talk about what books mean to them during Covid-19. Adam Dalva’s writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The Paris Review, Tin House, and The Guardian. He teaches Creative Writing at Rutgers University and is a book critic for Guernica Magazine. Adam has received fellowships from the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Vermont Studio Center. He is a graduate of NYU’s MFA Program, where he was a Veterans Writing Workshop Fellow. Adam’s bestselling comic book, Olivia Twist, was published by Dark Horse in Fall 2018. Esther Gerritsen is a Dutch novelist, columnist, and playwright. She made her literary debut in 2000. She is one of the most established, widely read, and highly praised authors in the Netherlands, and makes regular appearances on radio programs and at literary festivals. Esther Gerritsen had the honor of writing the Dutch Book Week gift in 2016, which had a print run of 700,000 copies. In 2014 she was awarded the Frans Kellendonk Prize for her oeuvre. Her book Craving was made into a film in 2018, and film rights have been sold for her novel Roxy, which was just published in English. Adeline Dieudonné is a Belgian author and lives in Brussels. Real Life, her debut novel, was published in France in Autumn 2018 and has since been awarded most of the major French literary prizes: the prestigious Prix du Roman FNAC, the Prix Rossel, the Prix Renaudot des Lycéens, the Prix Goncourt―Le Choix de la Belgique, the Prix des Étoiles du Parisien, the Prix Première Plume, and the Prix Filigrane, a French prize for a work of high literary quality with wide appeal. Dieudonné also performs as a stand-up comedian. Pierre Jarawan was born in 1985 to a Lebanese father and a German mother and moved to Germany with his family at the age of three. Inspired by his father’s imaginative bedtime stories, he started writing at the age of thirteen. He has won international prizes as a slam poet, and in 2016 was named Literature Star of the Year by the daily newspaper Abendzeitung. Jarawan received a literary scholarship from the City of Munich (the Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis) for The Storyteller, which went on to become a bestseller and booksellers’ favorite in Germany and the Netherlands. Sisonke Msimang is the author of Always Another Country: A memoir of exile and home. She is a South African writer whose work is focussed on race, gender and democracy. She has written for a range of international publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek and Al Jazeera. Born in Beirut in 1949, Amin Maalouf has lived in France since 1976. After studying sociology and economics, Maalouf joined the Lebanese daily An-Nahar, for which he travelled the world covering numerous events, from the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy to the last battle of Saigon. Forced to emigrate by the war in Lebanon, he settled in Paris, where he resumed journalism, and from where he started to travel again, from Mozambique to Iran and from Argentina to the Balkans. He became editor of the international edition of An-Nahar, then editor-in-chief of the weekly Jeune Afrique, before giving up all his posts to dedicate himself to literature. All authors' books available from your favorite indie bookstores, order from bookshop.org!

Guests : Melinda Ferguson | Motoring Journalist|                 Ismael Lagardien                  Sentenced to Lockdown, regarded as "non-essential", a group of 30 South African writers get together in a virtual Corona Collective, to pen Lockdown Extended. This historical gem includes a list of South Africa's most celebrated and awarded fiction and nonfiction authors, including: Sisonke Msimang, Lebo Mashile, Fred Khumalo, Khaya Dlanga and Marianne Thamm. Profound, mad, sad, insightful and also hilarious and uplifting, each writer digs deep to find true meaning in the time of Corona. It’s available for download from Amazon for R99

Two women from South Africa and Australia discuss ‘toxic masculinity' with Kim Chakanetsa. How can we raise boys to be in touch with their emotions and to become men who respect women? Clementine Ford is an Australian feminist whose books Fight Like A Girl and Boys Will Be Boys challenge traditional gender stereotyping. She regularly receives death and rape threats from people who accuse her of being a man-hater. She actually believes that a patriarchal society can be as damaging for men as for women. With a young son herself, she wants to see boyhood redefined to include sensitivity, kindness, respect and nurture. Sisonke Msimang is a South African writer whose work focuses on race, gender and democracy. Having lived in many different countries, she says that all societies allow and even expect men to be violent and predatory. She wants to dismantle this, but believes the term toxic masculinity is not helpful if you want to take the majority of people with you. Sisonke's memoir is called Always Another Country. IMAGE Clementine Ford (credit Clementine Ford) Sisonke Msimang (credit Nick White)

Our latest interview is live and could it get much better than the delightful, the brilliant and absolutely necessary Sisonke Msimang, Curator of the Literature and Ideas Program for the Perth Festival?' Their big weekend is across 21-23 February and not much will get you closer than an intimate conversation in your ears, talking all things Festival and literature. And Perth.

Welcome to 2020! We get stuck into our first #litfestbookclub reviews of the year, having read the recommended January readings in the 2020 Australian Literary Journal - Taboo by Kim Scott and Blakwork by Alison Whittaker. Hear Amy read a stunner poem, Caroline cringe over the buzzword "trauma" and also we discuss the upcoming events in the Literary landscape for February! Be sure to watch out for our companion interview with Sisonke Msimang, Curator of the Literature and Ideas Program of the Perth Festival kicking off this week! Shout out to the Poetry Unbound podcast that is on heavy rotation at Amy's house and please let us know if you're planning any live readings Alison Whittaker - we want in!

In a world of polarised politics, how do we have difficult conversations; and what are the responsibilities of those with a public platform? Recorded at ANTIDOTE 2019, this episode features Sisonke Msimang, Lina Attalah and Bruce Shapiro, and is hosted by David Speers.

As the legacy of Winnie Mandela continues to be contested after her death, an incisive new book by Sisonke Msimang argues that we should restore 'Ma Winnie' to her rightful place in history despite her crimes and misdemeanours.

Being nice won't create the rebellions that will finally give women control of their destinies. Mona Eltahawy, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Sisonke Msimang tell us how we can change the world and bring justice within reach for women everywhere. This panel was chaired by Santilla Chingaipe.

Sisonke Msimang, Fatima Bhutto and Mona Eltahawy on stage at Melbourne Town Hall — Photo: Sophie Quick 'The role of artists is never to celebrate power.' Fatima Bhutto There's a million reasons why we're told to keep quiet on difficult subjects: propriety and decorum, convention and status, fear of retribution. When women try to introduce nuance into certain public debates, it doesn't usually go well for them. Western media conglomerates are often more interested in protecting power than interrogating it. If a woman offers an unvarnished analysis of power structures, or a contrary view, it's often framed as ugly, inappropriate or ungrateful. In this episode, recorded at the inaugural Broadside festival of feminist ideas, two of the world's most fearless, most honest, most forthright voices – Fatima Bhutto and Mona Eltahawy – unpick the challenges and pitfalls of a life of truth. With host Sisonke Msimang, they discuss artistry, the west, power and biography.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Phil Brown, Hung Le and Sisonke Msimang speak with Sunil Badami about belonging, both in Australia and in the countries their parents left behind.

Plus, Sisonke Msimang and Rebecca Carroll discuss extracts of Toni Morrison's writing, and Lucy Treloar's second novel Wolfe Island.

‘With razor-sharp insight, Msimang writes in a reflective tone that contains both heartbreak and humour, as she navigates some often-overlooked complexities surrounding race, womanhood and class.' – Cher Tan, Books and Publishing Just some of the words that come to mind when thinking of Sisonke Msimang's second book ‘The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela' Written in response to her passing of Winnie Mandela, Sisonke's book is haunting and inspiring. In answering the question of redemption as it comes to iconic, powerful Black womxn, Sisonke is also asking the reader questions on our morality. The book written in the second person contextualises Winnie Mandela's life from before she was born to when she died. Sisonke skillfully and poetically converses with Winnie by reclaiming her and celebrating her. She writes about how Winnie encounter powerful womxn upon arriving in Joburg dispelling the myth that Winnie became political because of Nelson. She writes about the moment Winnie saw Nelson, their love - showing us that theirs was a deep, profound love. Further, in the book, she writes about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and how Winnie was treated at this Commission, this allows us to question the true nature of the TRC and whether it was about truth. In the same breath, she holds Winnie to account by writing about the deaths of the 18 boys that Winnie may have been involved in. In this, she demands of us to hold Winnie to account for these deaths and to take some ownership in the passing of these boys. She writes about the mothers of these children and how they came head to head with Winnie demanding the truth. In this book, Sisonke encourages us to use Winnie's life to think about nation-building and Blackwomxnhood. It's a powerful conversation about reclaiming our heroes.

The daughter of a South African freedom fighter and an accountant, the writer Sisonke Msimang was born in exile, and has lived on three continents. She has called the dream of freedom a kind of home for her, an idea beautifully expanded upon in her memoir Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home. Now based in Perth and working as an oral storyteller, Msimang has also published The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela, which charts the not-always-ascendant trajectory of one of South Africa’s most famous women. She speaks with Dan Salmon. Supported by Platinum Patrons Carol & Gerard Curry.

From the Litquake archive! In this recording from our 2018 festival, the Bay Area’s long-running Porchlight storytelling series returns with "advice"-themed tales from Steve Almond, Dickson Lam, Sands Hall, Sisonke Msimang, Maggie Rowe, and Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin, the nation's oldest park ranger. This event was co-hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick, and recorded live at the Swedish American Hall on October 15, 2018. Litquake's 20th anniversary festival will take place October 10-19, 2019. For all the latest updates, follow us @litquake on Facebook and Twitter!  

In this bonus recording, hear Ufahamu Africa host Kim Dionne read her review of Always Another Country, a memoir by South African writer Sisonke Msimang. The review was published in this past Friday’s installment of the African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular, and this recording is being shared as part of a collaboration with The Monkey Cage, a blog on politics and political science at The Washington Post. … More Bonus: Kim Dionne’s TMC review of Sisonke Msimang’s book, Always Another Country

Roaring 90's is a collection of stories from our community elders collected throughout 2018. This collection of stories features the memories of yesteryear; accounts of war, racism, technological triumph, assimilation and social change. Michael Tsolakis was 96 when this interview was recorded. He shares his story of coming from Greece to Australia in 1938, and the outpouring of love from his mother and community that got him there. – COMING UP AT THE CENTRE FOR STORIES Saga Sisterhood – June 22, 2019 Saga Sisterhood is a transformative performance project for women from communities who identify as South Asian that come from non-performer backgrounds but all have something to say about love, friendship, belonging, family and identity. It has emerged from a creative development led by Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa with the valuable storytelling training by Sisonke Msimang and directing from Shirley Van Sanden. Tickets: https://centreforstories.com/event/saga-sisterhood/

Carly Findlay, Gerry Georgatos, Sisonke Msimang and Jeff Sparrow discuss the texts that set them on their activist paths, and their ongoing influence on their practice. Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018.

Change Voices is a weekly podcast exploring the challenges, successes and lessons of leadership through the experiences of diverse women leaders across Africa and beyond. Hosted by frayintermedia CEO Paula Fray, we want the Change Voices podcast to contribute to changing and challenging the perceptions about who leads and who speaks about leadership. Our inaugural guest is writer Sisonke Msimang, who is an acclaimed columnist and author of the autobiographical “Always Another Country” as well as the recently published “The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela”. She speaks about her struggles of a life in exile - transporting the reader to her childhood in Zambia and Kenya, her studies in North America and her return to contemporary South Africa with all its complexities and contradictions. A bold voice focused on race, gender and democracy, she has written for a range of international publications. For this reason, she’s the ideal person to talk to us today about amplifying our voices, and the power and importance of speaking out, and speaking up. You can find more information about the work we do and the @changevoices podcast on our website, frayintermedia.com or on our social media platforms @frayintermedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, where our frayintermedia teams involved in the production of this podcast will be posting regular updates and sharing the lessons as we go along. If you have any specific women in mind that you’d like to hear from or if you want to support our endeavour, please contact Paula directly at pfray@frayintermedia.com or direct message her on social media.

On this week's episode 3 things on her mind, discusses the issue of young mothers abandoning their infants for dead, a book by Sisonke Msimang and a you tube series. The take home this week is about digging.

De Zuid-Afrikaanse president Cyril Ramaphosa probeert in aanloop naar de verkiezingen van mei het corrupte imago van het ANC op te poetsen. Gaat het hem lukken om de erfenis van Nelson Mandela te herstellen en op het regeerpluche te blijven zitten? Aanstaande zondag wordt de eerste Nelson Mandela-lezing in de Amsterdamse Stadsschouwburg uitgesproken door de schrijfster Sisonke Msimang. Met Bart Luirink, Zuid-Afrika deskundige, kijken we naar de verkiezingscampagne die nu in volle gang is.

Do we need heroes? Is curiosity underrated? How do we hold space for those we disagree with? How are colorism and racism intertwined? How do we resist the myth of entitlement and privilege? What does the commodification of black feminism look like? What is our plan for justice? So many questions - and many complex, nuanced answers with the South African author and voice for justice, Sisonke Msimang whose writing focuses on race, gender and democracy. Her book - Always Another Country - can be found on Amazon and more about Sisonke's work is available at www.sisonkemsimang.com/. Up/Root is masterfully edited by Kate Stephens.

54 Lights recently sat down for an All Access interview with Dr. Nothabo Ncube. We spoke about her life, struggles and family. A particularly inspiring discussion on how Dr. Ncube turned tragedy into triumph...all the while being driven by her bond with her mother. Along the way, we delve into conversations on culture and living life in different countries. For colour and direction, we spoke with UK based playwright/poet Ntombi Zodwa Nyoni (notable author of Boi Boi is Dead) and renown Australia based author/activist/political commentator Sisonke Msimang (notable author of Always Another Country and featured in another extended discussion on 54Lights). Both women have extraordinary backgrounds and lend their poignant voices to a colourful perspective on the backdrop of an insightful conversation with the good doctor.

I will be away for the next few weeks and will be playing some of my favorite episodes from 2018. My chat with Sisonke was the first episode of Voices from SA I published. I will always appreciate the fact that she took time from her hectic schedule to speak to me. Since that first episode she has published a new book called "The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela" In this episode we chatted about growing up in exile, her memoir "Always Another Country" and her perceptions of the state of the ANC, and the country in general.

Episode 1.54.."Where I’m From" stands as the first official episode of 54Lights. Our focus is the remarkable journey of Sisonke Msimang...who is a prolific writer and activist. She recently published her memoir, Always Another Country, which is enjoying its international release. Our discussion gave us some interesting insights; ranging from culture and immigration to candid reflections on her life. Share. Like. Listen.

Robin on Trumper erosion of sexual-offense-survivor rights, Sudan’s new rape tragedy, an unprecedented push-back from Roman Catholic nuns, and women’s migraines. Guest: Sisonke Msimang, South African author born in exile, who found her global voice.

Sisonke Msimang is a bold voice speaking to race, politics, feminism and activism. Msimang's memoir, Always Another Country, tackles the slippery definition of home. Throughout her life she has been haunted by an imaginary homeland. With great poetry, Msimang uses her personal experiences to examine philosophical and existential questions about how race and gender can impact identity and belonging. She was in conversation with Edwina Throsby at ANTIDOTE 2018. More talks at sydneyoperahouse.com/ideas

Australian Legal scholar Megan Davis, American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and South African writer Sisonke Msimang consider the bitter legacies of colonialism, which have played out across the histories of all of their countries. Host of the popular podcast It's Not A Race Beverley Wang chairs this discussion about the long-term implications of dispossession, institutionalised racism and white privilege. Listen to more from ANTIDOTE 2018 at sydneyoperahouse.com/ideas

Mark Knight's Serena Williams cartoon, My Little Pony fans have a new Bronies convention in Adelaide, and Pose brings voguing to TV drama

Mark Knight's Serena Williams cartoon, My Little Pony fans have a new Bronies convention in Adelaide, and Pose brings voguing to TV drama

Sisonke Msimang on exile and home, hatred and belonging. You can find out more about Sisonke, her recent book Always Another Country, and her other writing here.

Sisonke talks to Nicholas about growing up in exile, gender violence, fake news and the potential of the Fees Must Fall movement.

"This book is both personal and political - it is about how I was made by the liberation struggle and how I was broken by its protagonists'." - Sisonke Msimang The Cheeky Natives sat down at a beautiful venue to chat to the incomparable #BlackGirlMagic Sisonke Msimang about her memoir 'Always Another Country'. Her book has only been out for more than a week and it's flying off the shelves. Her memoir about exile and home is a vulnerable and honest account of her years in exile in various countries, her college years, love , friends and her family. Our conversation is filled with laughs, joy and light.

Stories are necessary, but they're not as magical as they seem, says writer Sisonke Msimang. In this funny and thoughtful talk, Msimang questions our emphasis on storytelling and spotlights the decline of facts. During a critical time when listening has been confused for action, Msimang asks us to switch off our phones, step away from our screens and step out into the real world to create a plan for justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After seeing a mass mobilization of women across the world in January, one important question arises: What does a global women's movement look like? African women's rights leaders Joy Phumaphi and Sisonke Msimang discuss what they've learned, and how they envision the future of global women's rights. This thought provoking conversation is hosted by Peggy Clark, Vice President at The Aspen Institute and leader in the global women's movement.

Autorin Sisonke Msimang sagt, Geschichten sind wichtig, aber nicht so magisch, wie sie scheinen. In diesem lustigen und gut überlegten Talk stellt Msimang die Rolle, die dem Geschichtenerzähler zukommt, in Frage und lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit auf die verminderte Rolle von Fakten. In einer kritischen Zeit, wenn wir denken, dass zuhören genug ist, bittet uns Msimang, unsere Handys und Geräte auszuschalten und in die echte Welt hinauszugehen, um einen Plan für Gerechtigkeit zu erstellen.

Las historias son necesarias, pero no son tan mágicas como parecen, dice la escritora Sisonke Msimang. En esta charla divertida y reflexiva, Msimang nos hace pensar en el énfasis que le damos a la narrativa y destaca el declive de los datos. En una época crítica en la que el oír se confunde con el actuar, Msimang nos pide que apaguemos los teléfonos, que nos alejemos de las pantallas y que salgamos al mundo real a crear un plan de justicia.

Stories are necessary, but they're not as magical as they seem, says writer Sisonke Msimang. In this funny and thoughtful talk, Msimang questions our emphasis on storytelling and spotlights the decline of facts. During a critical time when listening has been confused for action, Msimang asks us to switch off our phones, step away from our screens and step out into the real world to create a plan for justice.

Histórias são necessárias, mas não são tão mágicas quanto parecem, diz a escritora Sisonke Msimang. Nesta palestra engraçada e ponderada, Msimang questiona a ascensão dos contadores de histórias e o declínio dos fatos. Durante uma era confusa em que escutar têm sido confundido com agir, Msimang nos pede que nos afastemos de nossos websites, podcasts e das histórias que consumimos, e participemos do mundo real para criar um plano para a justiça.

Les histoires sont nécessaires mais pas aussi magiques qu'elles en ont l'air, selon l'écrivain Sisonke Msimang. Dans cette conférence drôle et réfléchie, Msimang pose la question de notre attirance pour les conteurs et met en lumière le déclin des faits. A une époque critique on l'on confond écoute et action, Msimang nous demande d'éteindre nos portables, de nous détacher de nos écrans pour revenir dans le vrai monde et mettre en œuvre un plan pour la justice.

Kingsley Kipury and Greg Nicolson sit down with writer Sisonke Msimang ahead of her ‘Ruth First Memorial Lecture' on interracial friendships in South Africa. She gives a preview of her lecture that pulls together everything from Aristotle to Njabulo Ndebele to explore how friendship relates to democracy.