Khanya Mtshali·Mar 19, 2021Standards, Nerves and Anxieties ApplyI wish I had the nerve to skip the part where people explain why they’ve started or return to a writing platform but I can’t. Over the…
Khanya Mtshali·Jun 1, 2020The triumph of friendship in SpudBased on the popular series written by John van de Ruit, Spud is a testament to the great intimacy of teenage friendships
InTimelinebyKhanya Mtshali·May 25, 2018From minstrel shows to hip hop, response records transformed American music through irony and witWithout response records, there would be no Jay Z v Nas, Biggie v Tupac, Nicki v Remy, or Roxanne Shanté v The WorldA response icon3A response icon3
InTimelinebyKhanya Mtshali·May 17, 2018This outfit defined an era, created a riot, and was banned by the governmentThe zoot suit was a subversion of capitalism’s uniform, worn largely by black and hispanic menA response icon9A response icon9
InTimelinebyKhanya Mtshali·May 10, 2018The radical history of the headwrapBorn into slavery, then reclaimed by black women, the headwrap is now a celebrated expression of style and identityA response icon28A response icon28
Khanya Mtshali·Mar 16, 2018Donald Glover is finally proclaiming his genius as an artist.After years of hard work, Donald Glover is finally allowed to claim his status as a polymathic genius. Yet we don’t seem to grant Black…
InTimelinebyKhanya Mtshali·Mar 8, 2018The revolution will wear a dashikiHow a 1960s Harlem couple popularized Afrocentric fashion and built a community where black power thrivedA response icon2A response icon2
Khanya Mtshali·Apr 1, 2016Nostalgic ‘YeThere’s an inflation of Kanye West’s self-proclaimed genius that speaks to society’s reliance on nostalgia to escape the realities of…
Khanya Mtshali·Jan 25, 2016On Hero WorshipGrowing up, my parents would make us listen to jazz every Sunday afternoon. Being the churchgoing family we were, I used to dread having to…
Khanya Mtshali·Dec 23, 2015Review: Vertigo by Joanna WalshI reviewed the book Vertigo by Joanna Walsh (2015).
