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Johannesburg
Joined January 2012
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In "Black Undertow," @hugokacanham listens for traces of African ancestors who linger in water, sand, corals, ritual, and unruly imaginations along the shores of the Indian Ocean, where blackness and queerness intersect. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/eolCsbI
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Free Zukiswa
Zukiswa Wanner, a South African citizen. A Mother, activist, an award winning journalist and a committed humanitarian is a member of the Global Sumud Flotilla. She was abducted this morning @gbsumudflotilla
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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗼 𝗸𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗺! Riotous Deathscapes has won ASSAf Humanities Book Prize in the established scholar category alongside Prof Siphokazi Magadla for Guerrillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa.
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Read Dilip Menon's excellent review of Riotous Deathscapes, @HugokaCanham 's "profound and magisterial work, an exegesis that moves beyond mere critique to an astonishing exposition of an expanded idea of Being itself" and be inspired to read the book! herri.org.za/10/dilip-m-meno…
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Just a few more sleeps before @HugokaCanham visits us to chat about his fascinating work on resilience, the sea, and blackness at @Rhodes_Uni. Liezelle, Siphokazi and I are so excited to hear about #mpondotheory. #RiotousDeathscapes
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Grateful and moved by this review @ChuckGski
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AFI Book Talk Series presents Thato Magano in conversation with Hugo Canham author of Riotous Deathscapes When: Feb 5, 2024 @9:00 am EST Register here: psu.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Final episode of the Empty Chair Podcast S9: Grace A. Musila asks @HugokaCanham about his book Riotous Deathscapes, riotous methods, EmaMpondweni, nature, ancestors, death, life & listening to place 🎧PEN SA bit.ly/3ZAt4BF spoti.fi/3t9iAgz apple.co/3LDRxjI
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40 looks like this 🥳✨🔥🥰. A genealogy of beautiful minds and souls....🥰. Aflit at WITS peoples 🔥🔥🔥
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“There is no doubt that good work is taking place in SouthAfrica to fight #GBV I am thinking here of the work by @HugokaCanham, Malose Langa & @KopanoRatele Their recent contributions published by Wits Press, must be read & could be prescribed in universities.” Min Blade Nzimande
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DAY 2: BOOK LAUNCH #RiotousDeathscapes Hugo ka Canham examines the practices of amaMpondo people of South Africa to theorize their strategies of resilience and survival in the face of centuries of abandonment, trauma, antiblackness, and death. – at Roodepoort, South Africa
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This is today at 18h00 SA time. Online. Catch @HugokaCanham discussing his fantastic new book, Riotous Deathscapes. Zoom details below.
Heated Conversations | Hugo ka Canham will speak on Watchful Ocean and Observant Mountains EmaMpondweni Wednesday, 21st June 2023 6pm Register here: wits-za.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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"The anti-gay bill passed in Uganda is gratuitous in its cruelty.  It criminalizes the human body,  speech, thought, intent, literature, music and language...I therefore feel I cannot honor my invitation to visit Makerere University this August." brittlepaper.com/2023/06/why…
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