Open Book Festival Live Recordings

Open Book Festival Live Recordings

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Open Book Festival Live Recordings episodes

  • OBF2022: The Search for Truth

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion CA Davids, Gertrude Fester and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu speak to Ncedisa Nkonyeni about history and its vulnerability.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 3 min
  • OBF2022: South Africa and Xenophobia

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Vanya Gastrow, Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase and Fred Khumalo speak to Karina Szczurek about the ongoing vulnerability of foreign nationals in South Africa.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 6 min
  • OBF2022: Load Unshedding

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Kyle Cowan and Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, speak to Saliem Fakir about Eskom and the future of energy provision in Cape Town.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 3 min
  • OBF2022: Conversations with Mohale

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Pumla Dineo Gqola, Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni and Yewande Omotoso speak to Mohale Mashigo about feminist connections.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 16 min
  • OBF2022: Survival, Resilience and the Ghosts We Live With

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase speaks to Andrew Brown about his harrowing account of growing up in Rwanda and the challenges he's faced living in South Africa.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 3 min
  • OBF2022: Loving in a Time of Sickness

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Sara-Jayne Makwala King, Lethokuhle Msimang and Kopano Ratele speak to Bongani Kona about what love looks like in the present day.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr
  • OBF2022: Enabling the Future

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Pumla Dineo Gqola, Lucas Ledwaba, Malcolm Ray and Songezo Zibi speak to Carol Paton about potential solutions to some of our biggest challenges.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.


    1 hr 31 min
  • OBF2022: Poets in Conversation

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. This open dialogue between Khadija Heeger and Ashley Moyo adopts an impromptu approach to engagement about the industry. They will unpack what a career in poetry looks like in a post pandemic world.

    This event was brought to you in partnership with Hear My Voice and made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Boll Foundation.

    1 hr 15 min
  • OBF2022: Forced to Move

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Dianne Du Toit Albertze, Fred Khumalo and Joy Watson speak to Bettina Wyngaard about migrating to survive.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr
  • OBF2022: Haunted Spaces

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Koni Benson, Musawenkosi Khanyile and Bronwyn Law-Viljoen speak to Dela Gwala about apartheid legacies.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 2 min

About Open Book Festival Live Recordings

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Open Book Festival is an annual literary event in Cape Town featuring panelists from all over the writing and publishing spheres. It is a place where writers and audiences are brought together and meaningful discussions are made possible.

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