The Steve BikoMemorial Lecture, an annual program of the Steve Biko Foundation, is a seriesof lectures by some of the international community’s foremost scholars,artists, religious and political leaders. The lectures explore theenduring legacy and leadership of Stephen Bantu Biko in a contemporarycontext. The Steve BikoMemorial Lectures, Edition 1 is a compilation of some of the [...]

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Author: Various Authors, English, Softcover, 141pp, 230x150mm, ISBN: 9781770101630,
Price: (ZA)R 160

  From the Editor Salah M. Hassan From the Editor Articles Amy Mooney BLACK IS, BLACK AIN’T: A HISTORIC PRELUDE Trevor Schoonmaker BIRTH OF THE COOL Jonathan Beller The Art of War, Or COCO FUSCO’S Occupation Ingrid Hölzl SELF-PORTRAIT/SELF-VISION: THE WORK OF SAMUEL FOSSO   Dominique Malaquais THE LADY IN THE SWAMP: ART AS POLITICAL [...]

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Author: Okwui Enwezor, Salah Hassan and Chika Okeke-Agulu, English, Magazine, Softcover, 173pp, 190x253mm,
Price: (ZA)R 350

The African Cities Reader is a collaboration between the Africa Center for Cities and Chimurenga. The African Cities Reader was edited by Ntone Edjabe and Edgar Pieterse. The African Cities Reader, an annual compendium of writing and art from multiple genres, forms of representation, and points of view, embodies and reflects the rich pluralism, cosmopolitanism [...]

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Author: edited by Ntone Edjabe and Edgar Pieterse, English, NonArt, Softcover, 250x205mm, black and white, full colour, 256pp, ISBN: 9780981427287,
Price: (ZA)R 265

Edited by Tanya Barson and Peter Gorschluter. With contributions by: Petrine Archer-Straw, Roberto Conduru, Manthia Diawara and Edouard Glissant, Courtney J Martin, Kobena Mercer, Huey Copeland with Thelma Golden and Glen Ligon. This important new book addresses a key area of post-colonial studies coined by the British academic Paul Gilroy in 1993- the notion of [...]

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Author: Tanya Barson, Peter Gorschluter, English, Art General, Softcover, 255x215mm, full colour, ISBN: 9781854379238,
Price: (ZA)R 250

Maa Tere Manalen is an artist’s book based around a project developed by artist, Tere Recarens and the inhabitants of Bamako, the capital city of Mali, made during several visits in 2008 and early 2009. Recarens discovered that her first name, “tere” also exists as a word in Bamanan culture: “tere” describes an aspect of [...]

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Author: Tere Recarens and Salia Malé., Trilingual (French / English / Spanish), Art General, Softcover, 238x160mm, 96pp, full colour, ISBN: 978-2-913994-34-8,
Price: (ZA)R 195

Banana masks and headdresses, Lega ivories, Dogon sculpture, and Benue bronzes are among the many exquisite African artifacts found in the renowned Menil Collection. This book – the first comprehensive catalogue on John and Dominique de Menil’s collection of African art – features 115 of the museum’s finest pieces. Dating primarily from the nineteenth and [...]

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Author: edited by Kristina Van Dyke, English, Art General, Hardcover, 292x252mm, full colour, 240pp, ISBN: 9780300123760,
Price: (ZA)R 780

Edited by Tanya Barson and Peter Gorschluter. With contributions by: Petrine Archer-Straw, Roberto Conduru, Manthia Diawara and Edouard Glissant, Courtney J Martin, Kobena Mercer, Huey Copeland with Thelma Golden and Glen Ligon. This important new book addresses a key area of post-colonial studies coined by the British academic Paul Gilroy in 1993- the notion of [...]

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Author: Edited by Tanya Barson and Peter Gorschluter., English, Art General, Hardcover, Jacket, 258x224mm, full colour, 208pp, ISBN: 9781854379238

Over the past two decades Getway has excited the armchair traveller and inspired the adventurous to explore the continent. More than any other publication, it has captured the spirit of African travel, reaching millions of readers, The magazine has covered most of the greatAfrican subject: the Serengeti migration, Mali’s mud cities, the Namib’s many moods, [...]

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Author: Justin Fox, English, Multimedia, Harcover, 280x280mm, Colour Illustration, 144pp, ISBN: 9781770097605

A vast and impressive collection of art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. From sculptures to utilitarian utensils, architectural ornaments to revered totems, and ceremonial masks to matrimonial costumes, this museum celebrates the world’s rich cultural diversity. The comprehensive volume includes three hundred masterpieces and incisive essays from thirty-seven international art experts.

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Author: Yves Le Fur, English, Collectible, Harcover, 305x245mm,colour, black and white,479p, ISBN: 9782081225794,
Price: (ZA)R 850.00

Zimbabwean journalist and travel writer Douglas Rogers wakes up in his fashionable New York neighborhood to discover that, at the age of thirty-five, his life has become a routine of latte orders, real estate conversations, and late nights in cocktail bars. Meanwhile, back in Zimbabwe, his parents are caught in the crossfire of a violent [...]

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Author: Douglas Rogers, English, NonArt, Sofcover, 312pp, 230x150mm, Black and White, ISBN: 9781868423620,
Price: (ZA)R 205.00