Here is the second and final part of the interview with Ackim “iGabazi” Ndebele. You may read Part One here. <Read time: 6 min> The Poetry of…SJ: I did not know that you are also a poet… Before music, politics, and teaching, I am a poet. My poems were always political, and they circulated abantu […]
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The Republic of… Ackim Ndebele
He is one of the #FreeMRP9 who was jailed for three years in maximum security after staging a protest in Bulawayo in 2021. Musician, poet, and Mthwakazi Republic Party’s communications head, Ackim “iGabazi” Ndebele (1987, Malalume, Plumtree), speaks out. <Read time: 9 min> “You don’t necessarily see blatant tribalism until you become older.” Primary School: […]
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The Republic of… Ellen Mlangeni
My all-time favourite actress! Here is MaVundla, a living legend of the arts and Isintu culture, Gogo Bella Ellen Mlangeni (Tsholotsho, 1952), the former lead singer and founder of the redoubtable Thandanani Women’s Ensemble. Coming from King Matshobana Township in Bulawayo, she serves us what is in her affairs. My book Thole likaMthwakazi is due […]
My first subject for this new interview series, from my C-Square ’hood in Prince Njube Township, is choreographer Alexander “Xander” Mhlanga (Bulawayo, 1978) who reveals his state of arts 30 years into the industry. I have interviewed a variety of people from my former Ntabazinduna homeland chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni to David Coltart to Prudence […]