Open Book Podcast
Open Book Podcast features recordings of live events from the Open Book Festival, an annual literary festival held in Cape Town. The show brings together authors, poets, journalists and readers for conversations, readings and panel discussions. Episodes capture the festival's mix of local and international voices exploring books, writing and ideas. It is produced for audiences interested in South African and global literary culture.
Episodes
OBF2025: Book Lounge Feminist Book Club with Michelle Myeko Kekana
In this event Noma Tsheleza facilitates an interactive conversation with Michelle Myeko Kekana, the author of The Fragile Mental Health of Strong Women. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation
OBF2025: The Loss Rate
In this event Wale Lawal, Athambile Masola and Moray Rhoda speak to Sue Nyamnjoh about meaning making in the age of AI. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
OBF2025: What the Water Gave Me
In this event, Veruska De Vita, Traci Kwaai and Malika Ndlovu speak to Zolani Mahola about the work of reclaiming ancestral and intimate connections to our rivers and oceans. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfi
OBF2025: Recovering from Childhood
In this event Sven Axelrad, Lebo Mazibuko and Ntombifuthi Nkabinde speak to Lufefe Boss about working through the trauma left by problematic parents. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Tru
OBF2025: Facing Death
In this event, Foluso Agbaje, Rémy Ngamije and Sarah Uheida speak to Erin Bates about journeying with grief. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
OBF2025: Up Close with Maneo | Tsitsi Dangarembga
In this event, Maneo Mohale speaks to literary icon, Tsitsi Dangarembga, about bearing witness to complex states of Black girlhood in her powerful world-bending Tambudzai and Nyasha trilogy (Nervous Conditions, The Book of Not, This Mournable Body).This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival was made possible by the supp
OBF2025: Feminist Imaginary | Speaking into Silence
Open Book Festival is an annual literary event in Cape Town featuring panelists from all over the writing and publishing spheres. It is a place where writers and audiences are brought together and meaningful discussions are made possible.In this event Foluso Agbaje, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Goretti Kyomuhendo and Athambile Masola speak to Mbali Sikakana about writing feminist histories, and filling in t
OBF2025: Spirituality in the Now
In this event Siphokazi Jonas and Vusumzi Ngxande speak to Vuyo Koyana about reclaiming a spiritual inheritance and returning to the heart/core of Isintu. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundatio
OBF2025: Queer Anxiety
In this event, Nkgopoleng Moloi, Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal and Lwando Scott speak to Rebecca Davis about the safety of queer people on our continent and in our cities. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Es
OBF2025: Slam City Showcase
Cape Town’s premier poetry slam proudly presents the Slam City Showcase!A celebration of new talent, lyrical grit, and poetic brilliance in different African languages. Each month, the city’s boldest voices battle it out for the grand prize and the coveted title of Slam City Champion. From every slam, a Top 5 emerges; poets whose performances moved both judges and audiences alike. This showcase br
OBF2025: Better Late | What Goes on at the Open Book Literary Festival?
Better Late is where the country’s most brilliant, bewildering, and occasionally unhinged creatives - Yaaseen Barnes and Callum Hitchcock - band together on the set of a Late Night TV show to get to the bottom of whatever the hell is going on at the Open Book Festival.Joining them for conversations that matter are two very special guests, who you may recognise if you have been anywhere with intern
OBF2025: The Poetics of I
In this event, Kopano Maroga, Manthipe Moila and Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal speak to each other through their poetry. Please note the readings will be followed by a short Q&A session.This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and
OBF2025: Make Noise & Hold All Applause with Lesedi Molefi
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. This session dives into the link between capitalism and mental health, asking what happens to our bodies, minds, and communities when the world gaslights us into distrusting our own senses. Together with artists and thinkers M Mpho Boshego, Andile Cele and Nthato Mokgata, the conversation e
OBF2025: Spec Fic and Science
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Jon Keevy and Adriana Marais speak to Wamuwi Mbao about the intersections of art and science. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
OBF2025: Why So Serious
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Tom Eaton, Paige Nick and Zibu Sithole speak to Qarnita Loxton about balancing lighthearted writing with themes that resonate. The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust
OBF2025: RMF 10 Years Later
A moment to reflect on the impact of Queer, Trans and Worker activism on RMF and FMF: Mam' Nozi, Kealeboga Mase Ramaru, Carbon Wandile Dlamini and Patricia Bevie talk to Noluthando Mqadi about the pursuit of repair, reckoning and restorative politics in the aftermath of a movement that 'shut down the rainbow nation'.This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2
OBF2025: Stories of Rebellion
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event Foluso Agbaje, Lesedi Molefi and Nathi Ngubane speak to Pumla Dineo Gqola about subverting power and fighting back. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
OBF2025: Exploring the Queer Imaginary
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event Kelly-Eve Koopman, Kopano Maroga and Maneo Mohale speak to Lwando Scott about building alternate presents and futures.The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
OBF2025: Finding Lightness
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event Sven Axelrad, Khaya Dlanga and Karen Vermeulen speak to Dela Gwala about the necessity of humour to process pain. The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
OBF2025: African Cosmologies as a World of Magnitude
Open Book Festival is an annual literary event in Cape Town featuring panelists from all over the writing and publishing spheres. It is a place where writers and audiences are brought together and meaningful discussions are made possible.In this event Zara Julius, Vusumzi Ngxande and Jeffrey Rakabe speak to Wanelisa Xaba about turning away from modernity and exploring the multilayeredness of Afric
OBF2025: Tensions of Home
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Antjie Krog, Frankie Murrey and Sarah Uheida speak to Bongani Kona about writing one's way to belongingThe festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust
OBF2025: Inherited Systems
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Rebecca Gore, Adekeye Adebajo and Edgar Pieterse speak to Alexandra Dodd about colonial structures—legal, spatial, cultural—that we are born into and that we either uphold, resist, or remake. These authors explore how systems define the parameters of justice, survival, and ho
OBF2025: Unsettled Accounts | The Interpreters
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Alexandra Dodd, Bongani Kona and Antjie Krog discuss memoir and personal nonfiction as ways of grappling with memory, complicity, silence, and shame—both in private lives and in the shared fictions that shape them. This conversation, hosted by Hedley Twidle, explores the risk
OBF2025: Conversations with Mohale | Are We Tired Yet?
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Goretti Kyomuhendo and Zulaikha Patel speak to Mohale Mashigo about emotional exhaustion and crisis fatigue.The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
OBF2025: Director's Choice | Literary Spaces and Belonging
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Festival Director Mervyn Sloman talks to Mohale Mashigo, Lesedi Molefi and Mbali Sikakana about the ways in which Black writers are expected to perform once they have published, how many of these performances involve negotiating white spaces, what needs to change and why we h
OBF2025: Traumatised Cities
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, David Cornwell, Caryn Dolley and Nthato Mokgata speak to Edgar Pieterse about the structured violence and alienation of the urban, both past and present. This event is brought to you by the African Literary Cities Project.The festival was made possible by the support of the C
OBF2025: Created in Africa
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, James Murua and Rémy Ngamije speak to Mervyn Sloman about their efforts to spotlight African writing. This event is brought to you by the African Literary Cities Project.The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Bo
OBF2025: The Body Keeps the Score
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Popina Khumanda, Malika Ndlovu and Jeffrey Rakabe speak to Firdose Moonda about the scars of trauma and the personal revolution to get to the other side. The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield E
OBF2025: The Republic
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Wale Lawal, editor at The Republic is in conversation with Will Shoki, the editor of Africa is a Country. The conversation is preceded by a preview of a video podcast.The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the
OBF2025: Queering Intimacy
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Azille Coetzee, Alistair Mackay and Kopano Maroga speak to Céline Tshika about sex and desire outside of heteronormative expectations.The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Tru
OBF2025: Out of this World and into the Next
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, renowned theoretical physicist, Adriana Marais, speaks to Jacinta Delhaize and Daniel Cunnama from The Cosmic Savannah podcast about the scientific and technical possibilities of extraplanetary settlement, and where our ethical responsibilities lie.The festival was made possi
OBF2025: From Panafricanism to the Black Atlantic
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Adekeye Adebajo and Bibi Bakare-Yusuf speak to Maneo Mohale about rethinking our frameworks and identities to understand what it means to be Black and African. The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatf
OBF2025: Fluency and Trauma
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Siphokazi Jonas, Athambile Masola and Ryan Pedro speak to Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal about finding language to hold one's past. This event is brought to you by the Centre for Rhetoric Studies.The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Hein
OBF2025: Difficult Mothers
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Antjie Krog, Lebo Mazibuko and Malika Ndlovu speak to Buhle Ngaba about independent daughters making sense of this complex relationship.The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Tr
OBF2025: Living in Crisis
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Veruska de Vita, Saliem Fakir, and Alistair Mackay speak to Natalie Sifuma about the impact of the climate catastrophe and their work. The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Tr
OBF2025: The Secret Keepers
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Nadia Cassim, Bonnie Espie and Andrew Robert Wilson speak to Palesa Motsumi about how the truth refuses to remain hidden.The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
OBF2025: Building on the Past
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Foluso Agbaje, Zara Julius and Patric Tariq Mellet speak to Aphiwe Ngalo about the uneasy present resting on layers of the past in our cities. The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Founda
OBF2025: No Signs of Justice
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival. In this event, Caryn Dolley, Rebecca Gore and Julian Jansen reflect on how their recent books expose our collapsed criminal justice system. Chaired by Dan Corder. The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate
OBF2025: Banging on the Walls of the Tank
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.In this event, Haidar Eid speaks to Usuf Chikte about his new book, a collection of essays and articles he wrote and published during the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the “hermetic blockade” that has been in place since 2007. The conversation was preceded by a screening of a documentary by
OBF2024: Gathering Our Voices
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.This event closed out the 2024 Open Book Festival with poetry and song. Featuring the aBantu Chorus and poets, Zizipho Bam, Siphokazi Jonas, Lynthia Julius and Eloghosa Osunde, this performance touches on healing, unity and the power of storytelling.This event was made possible by the support of the Depart
OBF2024: Director's Cut | Talking Process
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this event, Lesedi Molefi, Margie Orford and Hedley Twidle speak to Festival Director, Mervyn Sloman, about crafting their work.This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Life is Cheap
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this conversation, Olivia Coetzee, Karen Jennings and Nathan Trantraal speak to Bettina Wyngaard about writing poverty. This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Trigger Warning
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book
Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Andries du Toit, Lesedi Molefi and Nathan
Trantraal discuss the intersection of trauma, anger and fear in the context of South African masculinities. Chaired by Kopano Ratele.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Ca
OBF2024: Journeys to Self
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Damilare Kuku, Kharys Laue and Nozibele Mayaba speak to Nwabisa Mayema about women coming into their own.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Visibility and Chronic Conditions
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Nadine Dirks and Lesedi Molefi speak to Firdose Moonda about accessing essential care.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Portrait of Community
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Gaireyah Fredericks, Hamza Koudri and David Mann speak to Azille Coetzee about authenticity and representation.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Bad Women
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Qarnita Loxton, Niq Mhlongo and Zukiswa Wanner speak to Jordan Pieters about defying expectations.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Everyday Violence
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Busisekile Khumalo, Caitlin Stobie and Thobeka Yose speak to Joy Watson about surviving womanhood.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Up Close with Maneo
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
Join Maneo Mohale and Koleka Putuma for a session exploring each other's work and what poetry makes possible.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Writing Sisters
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Hamza Koudri, Damilare Kuku and Zibu Sithole speak to Karina Szczurek about complex sibling relationships.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Understanding Exile
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this event, Oyama Mabandla, Uhuru Phalafala and Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo speak to Ncedisa Nkonyeni about disrupted lives.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Chosen Family
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Sven Axelrad, Gothataone Moeng and Buntu Siwisa speak to Anna Stroud about building the world of friendship.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Queer Freedom
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Siya Khumalo and Eloghosa Osunde speak to Kelly-Eve Koopman about fluid characters and homophobic spaces.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Navigating Religious Trauma
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Siphokazi Jonas, Pontsho Pilane and Thobeka Yose speak to Maneo Mohale about inherited belief structures.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Living Dystopian Realities
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Nick Clelland, Olivia Coetzee and Tanya Meeson speak to Keely Shinners about creating fictional worlds which reflect our reality.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Patriarchy and Desire
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this event, Busisekile Khumalo, Hamza Koudri and Zukiswa Wanner speak to Wanelisa Xaba about sex and power.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: The Dispossessed
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book
Festival in September 2024.
In this event, Haidar Eid, Uhuru Phalafala and Lebogang Seale speak to Aphiwe Ngalo about land, forced removal, and the settler colonial story.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports,Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll
Foundation.
OBF2024: The Archive of Everyday
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Shubnum Khan, Nathan Trantraal and Ivan Vladislavić talk about living histories with Nkgopoleng Moloi.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Trust Issues
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Oyama Mabandla, Alan Storey and Joy Watson speak to Rebecca Davis about how to engage with institutions which have disappointed in our democratic era.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll
OBF2024: Cities of Trauma
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book
Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Karen Jennings, Alistair Mackay and Niq Mhlongo speak to Athambile Masola about the intersection of urban spaces and characters' lived experiences. Presented by African Literary Cities.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the Ci
OBF2024: Reading the Streets
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book
Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti, Gothataone Moeng and Ivan
Vladislavić speak to Amrita Pande about vulnerability, safety and meaning in the city.
Presented by African Literary Cities.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports,
Arts and Culture, the City of Ca
OBF2024: Uncontrollable Bodies
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Busisekile Khumalo, Siya Khumalo and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu speak to Amogelang Maledu about subversive characters.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Listening Party | Koleka Putuma
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
A sonic conversation with Koleka Putuma and Dani Kyengo O'Neill.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll
Foundation.
OBF2024: Family and Forgiveness
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Michèle Betty and Damilare Kuku speak to Sue Nyamnjoh about paths to acceptance.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: The Absent and the Present
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Charmaine Africa, Alistair Mackay and Thobeka Yose speak to Lester Kiewit about writing fathers.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Class Acts
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Nicky Greenwall, Alistair Mackay and Zibu Sithole discuss writing privilege in their entertaining novels in the company of CA Davids.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Colonialism and Fracture
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Siphokazi Jonas, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Lebogang Seale speak to Mapule Mohulatsi about rebuilding the past to make sense of the present.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundatio
OBF2024: Love and Other Toxins
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Sven Axelrad, Shubnum Khan and Alex Latimer speak to Dela Gwala about the many faces of love. This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Queerness and the Divine
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this event, Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti, Siya Khumalo, Maneo Mohale and Eloghosa Osunde speak to Lwando Scott about acts of reimagination.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: The Personal as Political
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Barbara Boswell, Margie Orford and Buntu Siwisa chat to Andrew Brown about their latest books.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation
OBF2024: Poetry as Medicine
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Michèle Betty and Shari Daya speak to Bibi Burger about the possibilities of writing as a bridge to healing.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Feminist Imaginings | Creative Practice
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
Barbara Boswell, Pumla Dineo Gqola and Gothataone Moeng speak to Mbali Sikakana. This event is in collaboration with the NRF SARChI Chair in African Feminist Imagination at Nelson Mandela University.
The festival was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City o
OBF2024: Stories to Save Lives
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Siphokazi Jonas, Lesedi Molefi and Margie Orford speak to Buhle Ngaba about writing mental health.This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2024: Conversations with Mohale | Celebrating Unruly Women
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
Pumla Dineo Gqola, Damilare Kuku and Zukiswa Wanner celebrate unruly women with Mohale Mashigo.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the Heinrich Böll Foundation. and the City of Cape Town.
OBF2024: Finding Ways to Talk
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open
Book Festival in September 2024.
Megan Choritz, Haidar Eid and Nathi Ngubane discuss softening the hard lines in conversations about Gaza. Chaired by Pippa Green.
This event was made possible by the support of the
Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the City of Cape Town.
OBF2023: Black and Female
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Lebohang Masango, Thandiwe Ntshinga and Sue Nyamnjoh talk to Dela Gwala about navigating postcolonial reality.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2023: Heritage Politics
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Tessa Dooms, Nadia Kamies and Patric Tariq Mellet speak to Lester Kiewit about grappling with the past to imagine a future.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2023: Coming of Age
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.
In this event, Marina Auer, Diane Awerbuck and Moshitadi Lehlomela speak to Sara-Jayne Makwala King about the vulnerabilities of young women.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2023: Queerness and Cape Town
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.
In this event, Zoey Black, Maneo Mohale and Manila von Teez explore Cape Town's "queer capital" claims in the company of Lwando Scott.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
OBF2023: Reimagining Rituals
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023.
Hugo ka Canham, Maneo Mohale and Jarred Thompson speak to Pumla Dineo Gqola about finding new ways to live.
This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
