Open Book Festival Live Recordings

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Open Book Festival Live Recordings episodes

November 22, 2024 OBF2024: Uncontrollable Bodies
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Busisekile Khumalo, Siya Khumalo and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu speak to Amogelang Maledu about subversive characters.
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
November 20, 2024 OBF2024: Listening Party | Koleka Putuma
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
A sonic conversation with Koleka Putuma and Dani Kyengo O'Neill.
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 7 min
November 19, 2024 OBF2024: Family and Forgiveness
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Michèle Betty and Damilare Kuku speak to Sue Nyamnjoh about paths to acceptance.
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.
58 min
November 14, 2024 OBF2024: The Absent and the Present
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Charmaine Africa, Alistair Mackay and Thobeka Yose speak to Lester Kiewit about writing fathers.
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 5 min
November 12, 2024 OBF2024: Class Acts
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Nicky Greenwall, Alistair Mackay and Zibu Sithole discuss writing privilege in their entertaining novels in the company of CA Davids.
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
November 12, 2024 OBF2024: Colonialism and Fracture
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Siphokazi Jonas, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Lebogang Seale speak to Mapule Mohulatsi about rebuilding the past to make sense of the present.
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 4 min
November 05, 2024 OBF2024: Love and Other Toxins
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Sven Axelrad, Shubnum Khan and Alex Latimer speak to Dela Gwala about the many faces of love. 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 1 min
November 01, 2024 OBF2024: Queerness and the Divine
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this event, Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti, Siya Khumalo, Maneo Mohale and Eloghosa Osunde speak to Lwando Scott about acts of reimagination.
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 29 min
October 29, 2024 OBF2024: The Personal as Political
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Barbara Boswell, Margie Orford and Buntu Siwisa chat to Andrew Brown about their latest books.
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
October 25, 2024 OBF2024: Poetry as Medicine
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Michèle Betty and Shari Daya speak to Bibi Burger about the possibilities of writing as a bridge to healing.
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

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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.