City of hidden charms

The Mail & Guardian’s city guide for Durban includes mention of the Grey Street literary trail, developed with KZN Literary Tourism. Grey Street literary tour If you happen to be in Durban on the last Thursday of the month, check out the Grey Street literary tour for a more authentic experience of the area. Trace …

Gcina Mhlophe Interview

Nellie Hlongwane interviews story-teller Gcina Mhlophe for the Ulwazi Programme. Born in Hammersdale Township, Durban in 1959, Gcina Mhlophe-Becker is a well-known South African freedom fighter, activist, actor, storyteller, poet, playwright, director and author. She does her most important work through charismatic performances, working to preserve storytelling as a means of keeping history alive and …

Inanda Web Documentaries

We are currently involved in producing, with Vuleka Productions, a series of six web documentaries for the eThekwini Municipality’s Libraries and Heritage department.  The documentaries look at the history of Inanda through interviews with prominent members of the community, including Ela Gandhi, Lulu Dube, Baba Zondi and Mr Ximba (of the Shembe Church), amongst others. …

City Cultures Seminar: DURBAN SINGS

DURBAN SINGS is a pilot project collaboratively initiated and collectively developed by Molefi Mafareka Ndlovu, community research scholar at the Centre for Civil Society (CCS, UKZN), and Dr. Claudia Wegener, a visiting scholar from the University of the Arts London (UAL), together with 50 young people from 12 Durban community organizations, many of them now …