Mwelela Cele interviews Lulu Dube as part of the Memories of Inanda documentary, produced for the eThekwini Municipality’s Ulwazi Programme. Lulu discusses her father John Langalibalele Dube, the founding president of the African National Congress and life in Inanda. John Dube (1871 – 1946) was a South African essayist, philosopher, educator, politician, publisher, editor, novelist …
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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. …
Archival Platform: Launch & Guest Blog
The Archival Platform launches in Cape Town today. Archives in South Africa are currently underfunded and understaffed, putting valuable documents at risk. Museums and heritage sites are often still perceived by the public as being part of the old apartheid order, and transforming the sector has not been as easy as we thought in 1994. …