FreedomAfter

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FreedomAfter

Nelson Mandela Foundation

11 episodes

1 day ago

In this series we speak with public intellectuals, artists, songomas, teachers and activists about Freedom - what have we done for freedom, and what we need to do to create more freedom. The FreedomAfter Podcast by the Nelson Mandela Foundation is produced by Showcast Media with an original score by Sibusile Xaba noThingo and cover artwork by Pola Maneli. The FreedomAfter podcast is supported by the Old Mutual Foundation.

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Episodes (11/11)

FreedomAfter

Maneo Mohale | Good Boy (Notes on a Sistena)

In this interlude, Poet and writer, Maneo Mohale recites a poem written for their earlier interlude, ”Beg (Sistena for a Dom)”.

1 year ago

3 minutes

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Siyabonga Mthembu | No Honest Place To Stand

In this episode, artist and musician, Siyabonga Mthembu of The Brother Moves On explores social and political contradictions and seeming impossibilities of living a free life without being defined by the negotiations one has to make to be free.

1 year ago

32 minutes

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Kelly-Eve Koopman | Beyonding Identity

In this episode, Kelly-Eve explores the narrative and structural complexities of her personal history and how she navigates identity in South Africa and through the world.

2 years ago

22 minutes

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Gogo Mahlodi | Spiritual Renaissance

In this episode, we speak with Vuyiswa Xekatwane and explore Isintu, spiritual practice and contemporary ubungoma. In it, Vuyiswa reminds us of the longue durée of African people, the tools we have used to navigate life, and how those same tools are still very relevant in navigating modern society.

2 years ago

31 minutes

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Karen Hurt | Transcending Boxes

In this episode, feminist and author, Karen Hurt, explores growing up in Zambia and being let free from gendered stereotypes and how she grew to become a ”socialist, feminist, badass”.

2 years ago

33 minutes

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Maneo Mohale | Beg (Sestina for a Dom)

In this interlude, poet and author of ”Everything is a Deathly Flower, Maneo Mohale recites the poem ”Beg”.

2 years ago

2 minutes

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Mpume Mthombeni | Isidlamlilo

In this interlude, Mpume Mthombeni performs an extract from the theatre production, Isidlamlilo.

2 years ago

23 minutes

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Mark Heywood | Joy Is Necessary

In this episode, veteran activist Mark Heywood discusses whiteness, Marxism and the necessity of joy in activism.

2 years ago

43 minutes

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Julie Nxadi | Umthandazo

In this interlude, Julie Nxadi offers a prayer.

2 years ago

2 minutes

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Tshepo Madlingozi | Biko Was Free

In this episode, Professor Tshepo Madlingozi explores freedom with the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

2 years ago

26 minutes

FreedomAfter

Mpume Mthombeni | Religion, Culture & Patriarchy

In this episode, acclaimed actress Mpume Mthombeni, describes her relationship with institutionalised religion, with traditional culture and her history confronting patriarchy.

2 years ago

19 minutes