Thembi Mutch
Thembi Mutch
Articles by Thembi Mutch
theartsdesk in Zanzibar: The Nightingale Still Sings
Sunday, 10 March 2013
A crowd of men and younger women in full burkahs gathers, bewildered by the sight: an African woman, in West African “Mumu” (khaftan) and a covered head, playing Ghazals (Islamic calls to prayer).... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Johannesburg: Black Diamonds at the Wits Museum
Saturday, 11 August 2012
The new Wits Museum in Johannesburg is located in an old Shell petrol station and stands on the corner behind a vast glass frontage. The winner of the 2012 VISI architecture award, it is big, akin to... Read more... |
theartsdesk at the Busara Festival: Africa's long song of defiance
Saturday, 14 April 2012
The 18th-century Omani fort in Zanzibar is silhouetted against a clear African night. Nneka, a bird-like Nigerian female artist in shabby leggings, is hammering out “Vagabonds in Power” on an open-... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Zanzibar: The Sounds of Wisdom
Sunday, 16 October 2011
“When I first came to Zanzibar I was expecting there to be a lot of local music in local cafés and bars on the radio. In reality it was the Spice Girls or "Barbie Girl". It was so disappointing... Read more... |
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