Intersect brought academia and the creative arts together to consider intersectionality with regards to race, gender, class and sexual identity. The forcible separation of struggles in South Africa has often led to singular readings of race, gender, class and sexual identity. Intersectionality has emerged at the forefront of contemporary discourse. Some intersections have been viewed as divisive, while others are productive and rich. How do we press on with these discourses without delegitimising or deprioritising the struggle for equality on any of these issues?
Keynote Addresses
Pumla Gqola, academic and author – 'Laughter balanced on a tear': Imagination, Institutions and Irreverence.
Mandla Langa, poet, short story writer and novelist – Before the Time Runs Out.
Kopano Ratele, academic – The Singularity of the Post-Apartheid Black Condition.
Panashe Chigumadzi, founder and editor of Vanguard Magazine – Feminist enough? What and whose agency counts in African Women’s Fiction?
Performances
Koleka Putuma – Water and Promise Land.
Sbonakaliso Ndaba – Inkundla (with the Indoni Dancers).
Sethembile Msezane – Azania – What Will Be Remembered, What Will Be Forgotten?
Film Screening and Panel
Khalo Matabane’s documentary – Nelson Mandela: The Myth & Me
