Publications
Arts and Culture
Image Interventions in “The African Gaze” for ContemporaryAnd
The pitfalls of return for Africa is a Country
Exhibition Text for Manyaku Mashilo for Southern Guild Gallery
Artist Portrait Manyaku Mashilo: Intuition is the Place for ContemporaryAnd
‘Dear Senthuran’ Review: A Memoir of Life, Death and Life Again for The Rauch Review
The world ends several times for Black people—A conversation with Uhuru Portia Phalafala and critical reading of her book Mine Mine Mine for Johannesburg Review of Books
Framing (Out)rage: Mary Evans and the (Paper) Construction of Winks for Zeitz MOCAA (contributed 3,000 word essay for Mary Evans monograph, Gilt)
When We See Us Celebrates 100 Years of Black figuration in painting for Mail & Guardian (print and online)
Grada Kilomba’s World of Illusions flips white-dominated story conventions on their head for Mail & Guardian (print and online)
Story and symbol: Faith Ringgold and Hank Willis Thomas’ ‘Freedom is Going Home’ for ArtThrob
The Multitude of Stromae for Mail & Guardian
Exhibition Text for Luyanda Zindela for the Cape Town 2022 Art Fair
Kinky kitchen: Erotic bites excite the appetite (Photography) for Mail & Guardian
Melanie Charles Says Jazz Has Always Come From Black Women for AMAKA Studio
Gifting Black Women a complexity and honour for Stevenson Gallery (print only, Zanele Muholi Nize Nani exhibition text)
'my whole body changed into something else' is more an inquiry than an exhibition for Arts24
Wastewomxn On Making Their Own World(s) for ColorBloq
Is the US exporting comedy at the expense of Black women? for Media Diversified
Cape Town’s garden of good and evil for New Frame
Exile in One’s Own Body : How Ganja & Hess (1973) and Soleil O (1967) reflect complexities of Black american and African immigrant experiences for Bright Wall/Dark Room
Femmes of Colour Is a Safe Haven from Toxic Masculinity for VICE
Laughing Pains for Africa is a Country
These 2 films reveal the powerful ways Black queer women find pleasure despite heteronormative violence for Black Youth Project
These Artists Are Preaching Black Love in One of the Most Segregated Cities in the US for VICE
After the hype, Black Panther’s legacy for Media Diversified
News & Politics
Black History Month: What is there to embrace? for Mail & Guardian (print and online)
Walk of Repair by Organizing Collective Repairs and Parts for ICA (Un)Infecting the City Festival
When NGO’s Don’t Help for AMAKA Studio
A new book asks the timeless question: ‘Can We Be Safe?’ for Mail & Guardian (print and online)
Book Review: ‘Black Prophetic Fire’ Review: The Genius of Influential Black Figures for The Rauch Review
Changing the script of sport as ‘just a game’ for New Frame
How White People Have Reacted to Black Success Over Time in the United States for Teen Vogue
Moving to South Africa meant my race was different, but not the realities of racism for Black Youth Project
The Growing Threat of Police Surveilling Social Media for Anti- Racism Daily
Is the US exporting comedy at the expense of black women? for Media Diversified
New social media checks for visa applicants show the dangerous transformation of surveillance in the US for Black Youth Project
Civil Society Reporting for GroundUp News
Academia
Return Interrupted for Creative Knowledge Resources
Extraction as white supremacy | Moving towards anti-extraction practices in the arts for Creative Knowledge Resources
Red, White, and Blue for Who? A Critical Discourse Analysis of mainstream media news coverage of Colin Kaepernick and Take a Knee - Masters Thesis (Distinction) for the London School of Economics and Political Science
Photo credit: Zoé Samudzi from As Black As Resistance
Becoming Photo Series - Masters Thesis (Distinction) for the University of Cape Town