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Home » South Africa

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Posted inMusic

Bathe in the cosmic sunshine on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin February 17, 2021August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by South African artist Simon Berndt in collaboration with Rob Fitzpatrick of Levitation.

Posted inMusic

Ephraim Bugumba sings his refugee’s tale as Storyteller

by Justin Kamp August 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Ephraim Bugumba’s long, hard journey from the Congo to DeKalb began when he was three, but as Storyteller he uses music to keep a connection to home alive.

Posted inArts & Culture

Mies Julie depicts a postapartheid South Africa still mired in its legacy of colonialism and racism

by Justin Hayford June 6, 2018August 18, 2021

But playwright Yaël Farber’s ambition far outstrips what appears onstage.

Posted inBlogs

Chairwoman Preckwinkle’s Machine takeover a far cry from days of Fast Eddie

by Ben Joravsky April 19, 2018August 18, 2021

To beat the Machine, you gotta be the Machine and other lessons for Toni Preckwinkle and the next generation of Democratic Party leaders.

Posted inMusic

South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo fans the spark of resistance into the flame of liberated jazz

by John Corbett August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Louis Moholo-Moholo, the last survivor of legendary South African group the Blue Notes, introduces his current band to Chicago.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Falling, and eight more stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader March 22, 2017August 18, 2021

Bertolt Brecht’s satire set in 1930s gangland Chicago and Interrobang Theatre’s local premiere of an off-Broadway hit are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

A classic document of early South African jazz finally gets a wide reissue

by Peter Margasak April 8, 2016August 18, 2021

British label Jazzman has reissued a dynamic 1963 big-band album led by pianist Chris McGregor and featuring players from influential group the Blue Notes.

Posted inBlogs

News flash: Someone said something nice about Carly Fiorina

by Michael Miner September 28, 2015August 18, 2021

A former Hewlett Packard employee says her former CEO was “inspiring.”

Posted inBlogs

How press photographers got Pulitzer-winning pictures

by Michael Miner December 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Great pictures photographers got by doing what photographers do

Posted inBlogs

“Vacancy,” Lilli Carré, and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

by Jillian Sandler January 9, 2014August 18, 2021

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend

Posted inBlogs

How Chicago should honor Mandela

by Steve Bogira December 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Apartheid wasn’t just a South African thing.

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: “Shichangani,” a pioneering slice of South African shangaan disco

by Peter Margasak November 20, 2013August 19, 2021

A track from the 1994 breakthrough album by South Africa’s Penny Penny

The Shining Girls
Posted inArts & Culture

A killer stalks The Shining Girls through time

by Janet Potter June 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Chicago throughout the 20th century is the setting for Lauren Beukes’s creepy novel, The Shining Girls.

Dwight Twilley
Posted inMusic

HoZac digs deep for the 2013 Blackout

by Luca Cimarusti May 23, 2013August 19, 2021

The 2013 HoZac Blackout features Dwight Twilley, weirdo sci-fi postpunks Chrome, and lots more.

Posted inBlogs

What difference does it make why Oscar Pistorius shot her?

by Michael Miner February 21, 2013August 19, 2021

Deep thinking about Oscar Pistorius and South Africa

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