ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
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MARJORIE MAYO recommends a history of women who joined the armed struggle to eradicate apartheid
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SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
Guerillas and Combative Mothers
By Siphokazi Magadla
University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, £135
THREE decades on, there is still so much to explore about the histories of anti-apartheid struggles in South Africa. The passage of time has potential benefits here, as this study of women in the armed struggle demonstrates, enabling sensitive issues to be addressed more openly as a result.
There are also gender biases to be redressed, given that veterans’ memoirs have been disproportionately written by men.
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