Creative Knowledge Resources

🗓️ 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 | Join CKR Fellow, 𝗦𝗶𝗵𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘀𝗮 ( ) in merging her creative and intellectual interests through a project titled 𝘐𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘻𝘶𝘭𝘶.

On 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟯 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 from 𝟮-𝟰𝗽𝗺 at the Durban University of Technology (), 𝗦𝗶𝗵𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘀𝗮 and artists 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗲 ( ), 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗴𝗶𝗱𝗶 () ss well as another CKR Fellow, 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗲 (.hlongwane) discuss 𝘐𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘻𝘶𝘭𝘶, working through epistemic and aesthetic modes to understand the social disharmony of KZN as a function of geological, industrial and ecological extraction.

𝘐𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘻𝘶𝘭𝘶 translates to weather in isiZulu — the most spoken language in South Africa. Weather, black critical studies scholar Christina Sharpe describes as that set of conditions under which black life is constructed and constrained. Violence has shaped the ontic contours of blackness and mapped out the possibilities for black life.

Black life is also indexed to a myriad of ecological and geological entanglements. Black life is made particularly vulnerable to climate change and ecological decline, indicating that the crisis of racial capital modernity has far reaching consequences.

𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡 🔔 | This Thursday, 19 June 2025 from 17h00, the musician, performer, inventor and community builder Dr Thokozani Mhlambi () presents 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙭 𝘽𝙤𝙠𝙬𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮: 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 at the University of Cape Town’s Bindery Theatre Lab on the Hiddingh Campus.

Dr Mhlambi’s presentation begins with an intellectual sketch of Bokwe, which follows the approach of Ntongela Masilela in his New African Movement website. After the sketch, musical rendition will be performed by Mhlambi and contemporary dancer, Kholisile Theo Ndindwa as well as the launch of the music video: Plea for Africa composed by John Knox Bokwe and recorded by Dr Mhlambi (feat. Lonwabo Mafani).

This event is free of charge but RSVP is required via [email protected].

Refreshments and light snacks will be served.

𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 📬 | Between this week and the next, Creative Knowledge Resources (CKR) will be hosting two exciting events from our current fellow 𝗩𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗶 (.baloyi) and CKR PostDoc alumni, 𝗗𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗸𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶 () !

This 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 from 𝟭𝟴𝗵𝟬𝟬, Baloyi launches an exhibition she has curated — inspired by the title of Nadia Davids’ seminal play (2006), “At their Feet” — that breaks down the silos of artistic production by pairing artists and asking them to instill practices of care by being in service to their fellow colleague. The exhibition will be held at 𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗸𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 () in Cape Town.

Meanwhile, next week 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 from 𝟭𝟳𝗵𝟬𝟬, the musician, performer, inventor and community builder 𝗗𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗸𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶 will be presenting “Playing John Knox Bokwe Today: Launch of Plea for Africa” at the 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻’𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 on the 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀.

For Playing John Knox Bokwe Today: Launch of Plea for Africa Dr Mhlambi’s presentation begins with an intellectual sketch of Bokwe, which follows the approach of Ntongela Masilela in his New African Movement website. After the talk, musical rendition will be performed by Mhlambi and contemporary dancer, Kholisile Theo Ndindwa as well as the launch of the music video: Plea for Africa composed by John Knox Bokwe and recorded by Dr Mhlambi (feat. Lonwabo Mafani).

All events are 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 of charge!

✍🏽 COMMISSIONED WRITER | Kim M Reynolds () reflects on questions of diasporic returns to the continent of Africa, looking at how this practice is easily ruptured, even as the contemporary logistics of “return” are straightforward, and increasingly advertised in countries like Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. She suggests that return cannot be motivated only by a desire of individual standing or collectively romanticised — that perhaps, it shouldn’t be considered so literally, or at all.

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𝗞𝗶𝗺 𝗠 𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 is a critical media scholar, writer, poet, and cultural worker from Ohio in the US, based in Cape Town, South Africa whose work focuses on the narrative and critique of Black arts and politics. Kim holds two master’s degrees in critical media and Black film from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and University of Cape Town (UCT), with distinction. Kim is currently a freelance writer and co-convening lecturer at UCT on racialised trauma and Black q***r feminist media analysis. She is also currently an artist fellow with the Octopus Programme and the Centre For The Less Good Idea. Lastly, Kim is a co-leader of the research and organizing collective Our Data Bodies, which examines how technology and big data reproduce white supremacy. Her written work has appeared in New Frame, VICE, Mail & Guardian, Black Youth Project, GroundUp News, Teen Vogue and her poetry is a part of the 2021 anthology Woven With Brown Thread.