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When Fire Meets Paper: An Interview with Ofentse Seshabela
Ofentse’s show at Eclectica Contemporary invites us into a conversation about the precarity of Black life, the imminence of Black death,...
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Mar 18, 202010 min read
I Paint What I Like: A Conversation with Blessing Ngobeni
Despite a Antarctic thawing 36°C Cape Town blaze from Helios, Blessing, winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award (for Visual Arts)...
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Oct 14, 201916 min read
A conversation with Nkosi X
Musician Nkosi X- born Nkosikhona Maseti- recently re-released his debut LP Free Tape on his personal SoundCloud account. In 2 sentences,...
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Sep 2, 20195 min read
CANCER Pt. 2
#2 iLiso will publish a 16-set conceptual poem, Cancer, by poet Mustapha Jinadu, with a Italian translation by Elisa Della Martire....
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Aug 13, 20193 min read
The real Makoya
We caught up with the George (WC) based rapper, to chat about his recent offering and the state-of-the-arts in his turf. Tell us about...
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iliso_ ekapa
Aug 13, 20193 min read
Introducing Travis BlaKk
Travis BlaKk is a rapper-songwriter; he worked on Nkosi X's debut LP, Free Tape, and has since performed at the Raptor Room in Cape Town....
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Jul 29, 20194 min read
Foreighn: the tale of a one-way-ticket to Cape Town
Vusumzi Nkomo The movement of Africans throughout the African continent predates the colonial capture of our Black/ened bodies, territory...
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iliso_ ekapa
Jul 29, 20192 min read
Interview: Push' inumbanumba
We caught up with a local brand, NumbaNumba, to chat to them about what they felt they represent and are bringing to the proverbial...
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iliso_ ekapa
Jul 29, 20193 min read
A beam of light. . .
We sat with the talent KCity artist. . . Can you tell us more about yourself? Khanyisa is a fulltime artist currently studying at a...
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iliso_ ekapa
May 21, 20191 min read
Art is safe with us, a conversation with Nkosi X
This is the first of a series of audio-documentaries by iLiso Magazine. We caught up with Cape Town-based musician Nkosi X; he spoke...
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iliso_ ekapa
May 21, 20191 min read
XHEGO, by Abongile Mbete
Text by Abongile XHEGO is a brand that for our fathers, our legends, our heroes, people of dignity who were there before us. The logo...
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iliso_ ekapa
May 21, 20192 min read
A gift to the KCity: a chat with Alpha
We recently had a chat with Zim-born Cape Town-based filmmaker, Alpha Chihora, to get to know him a lil' better and pick his brain. Can...
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iliso_ ekapa
Apr 30, 20198 min read
Love lives everywhere: a conversation w/ VJ Nakasa:
On the 14th of April the Port Elizabeth-based rapper VJ Nakasa dropped a short "pseudo video" on YouTube titled ZITHANDE. The 'Bhaynari'...
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Apr 29, 20193 min read
Catchin' up with Albany Lore
(This article was originally published on the 25th of June, 2018) [iLiso recently had a chat with Cape Town's alternative-pop genius and...
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Apr 8, 20194 min read
Theatre, music & beyond: A chat with Tankiso
CAPE TOWN: We recently had a chat with Cape Town-based, EC-born musician, writer and composer Tankiso Mamabolo. Tankiso has performed in...
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Apr 8, 20196 min read
Samkelo and/as Hip Hop: a fair love affair
CAPE TOWN: The colonial spatial design of Cape Town impacts not only how people access basic services and navigate the broader City, but...
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