FreedomAfter

About FreedomAfter

A podcast by the Nelson Mandela Foundation about Freedom. In 1994, South Africa became a democracy, an event that is often credited for ushering in freedom for South Africa. However, there are many significant residues of Apartheid that remain - in our globally unmatched levels of inequality, the persistence of racism and sexism, and many other areas. In the ’freedomafter’, what have we done to gain the freedom that we have, and what must we do to gain more freedom? In this series, we speak with poet and author, Maneo Mohale; artist, Siyabonga Mthembu; organiser and author, Kelly-Eve Koopman; sangoma, Vuyiswa Xekatwane; veteran activist, Mark Heywood; acclaimed actor, Mpume Mthombeni; teacher and author, Karen Hurt; as well as law professor, Tshepo Madlingozi about freedom. Produced by Showcast Media Cover artwork by Pola Maneli Original Score by Sibusile Xaba noThingo Hosted and directed by Kneo Mokgopa

Publisher

Nelson Mandela Foundation

Category

arts · education · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Apr 2023

Latest episode

15 Dec 2023

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Dec 2023

   Maneo Mohale | Good Boy (Notes on a Sistena)

   In this interlude, Poet and writer, Maneo Mohale recites a poem written for their earlier interlude, ”Beg (Sistena for a Dom)”.

2. 

   5 Dec 2023

   Siyabonga Mthembu | No Honest Place To Stand

   In this episode, artist and musician, Siyabonga Mthembu of The Brother Moves On explores social and political contradictions and seeming impossibilities of living a free life without being defined by the negotiations one has to make to be free.

3. 

   28 Oct 2023

   Kelly-Eve Koopman | Beyonding Identity

   In this episode, Kelly-Eve explores the narrative and structural complexities of her personal history and how she navigates identity in South Africa and through the world.

4. 

   16 Oct 2023

   Gogo Mahlodi | Spiritual Renaissance

   In this episode, we speak with Vuyiswa Xekatwane and explore Isintu, spiritual practice and contemporary ubungoma. In it, Vuyiswa reminds us of the longue durée of African people, the tools we have used to navigate life, and how those same tools are still very relevant in navigating modern society.

5. 

   10 Jul 2023

   Karen Hurt | Transcending Boxes

   In this episode, feminist and author, Karen Hurt, explores growing up in Zambia and being let free from gendered stereotypes and how she grew to become a ”socialist, feminist, badass”.

6. 

   8 Jul 2023

   Maneo Mohale | Beg (Sestina for a Dom)

   In this interlude, poet and author of ”Everything is a Deathly Flower, Maneo Mohale recites the poem ”Beg”.

7. 

   27 Apr 2023

   Mpume Mthombeni | Isidlamlilo

   In this interlude, Mpume Mthombeni performs an extract from the theatre production, Isidlamlilo.

8. 

   27 Apr 2023

   Mark Heywood | Joy Is Necessary

   In this episode, veteran activist Mark Heywood discusses whiteness, Marxism and the necessity of joy in activism.

9. 

   25 Apr 2023

   Julie Nxadi | Umthandazo

   In this interlude, Julie Nxadi offers a prayer.

10. 

    24 Apr 2023

    Tshepo Madlingozi | Biko Was Free

    In this episode, Professor Tshepo Madlingozi explores freedom with the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

11. 

    24 Apr 2023

    Mpume Mthombeni | Religion, Culture & Patriarchy

    In this episode, acclaimed actress Mpume Mthombeni, describes her relationship with institutionalised religion, with traditional culture and her history confronting patriarchy.

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