Race

Harold Ellis Clark’s award-winning play, ‘We Live Here’ headed to the Playhouse

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Harold Ellis Clark ('We Live Here' Playwright)

Harold Ellis Clark, the writer of ‘We Live Here’ at the Playhouse.

The International Arts Foundation Inc. of New Orleans in the United States, in association with Durban’s Playhouse Company, presenting the acclaimed stage drama, We Live Here, by the award-winning American playwright, Harold Ellis Clark.

The powerfully written work, will be staged in The Playhouse Drama Theatre from 5 to 7 May. It marks an ongoing sister-city cultural exchange between New Orleans and Durban, which aims to bridge communication and understanding between the two cities. Continue reading →

27 thought-provoking books make the long-list for the Alan Paton Award

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The 27 books which have been long-listed for the Alan Paton Award in this year’s Sunday Times Literary Awards. Photo: BooksLive

Estelle Sinkins takes a look at the books on the long-list for the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction. Continue reading →

MTV’s ‘White People’ asks tough questions about race in the USA

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A scene from the doccie, White People, which will air on MTV next week.

A scene from the doccie, White People, which will air on MTV next week.

HEADLINES about what it’s like to be black in the United States right now are rarely out of the news, but what if you asked the question, ‘What does it mean to be young and white in the USA today?”

MTV’s White People is a ground-breaking documentary on race that aims to answer that question from the viewpoint of young white people living in America. The film follows Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas as he travels across the country to get this complicated conversation started. Continue reading →