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74Historical buildings in Cape Town: St Stephen's Church and the Bo-Kaap
Strand Street in Cape Town runs from the Castle of Good Hope on the Grand Parade to the foot of Signal Hill. On the way it passes many historical and interesting places, including what used to be called Boeren Plein (Farmers' Square) or Hottentot Plein and is now called Riebeeck Square, and, a little further on, the old Malay quarter known as the Bo-Kaap (Upper Cape).
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64And the stars know - the sad story of the San
I was fascinated by the pictures themselves but even more by the thought that these pictures were direct links to people who had lived in this rocky place a very long time ago, as my father explained to me.
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64Lionel Abrahams – gentle genius of South African literature
A mentor of poets and a powerful, very human poet himself – that was the great South African poet Lionel Abrahams who died in 2004.
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69How to use Philosophy to give Meaning to life
Philosophy and art can help give meaning to life. They are not, however, uncontroversial, but rather loci of contestation
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62Some poems
These are some poems I wrote back in 1995. I’m not always too certain of their value but thought I would offer them to my friends on HubPages for comment and, I hope, for their enjoyment also.
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64Giant Steps into the 21st Century
One of the greatest talents among many great talents on Miles Davis's seminal album Kind of Blue was tenor man John Coltrane and he also produced an outstanding album which broke new jazz ground in 1959: Giant Steps.
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55Blue Notes to Brotherhood - a Celebration of South African Jazz
The story of jazz in South Africa is one of ups and downs, highs, lows, laughter and tragedy. In fact it is much like the lives most of us live day-to-day.
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74Yakhal' inKomo - a jazz classic from South Africa
From the first deep, broad notes of Agrippa Magwaza's bass one knows that this is a special album. The title track, Yakhal' inKomo, starts with Magwaza and pianist Lionel Pillay laying down a funky groove with a two-note bass ostinato until the soulful tenor of Winston Mankunku Ngozi comes in about four and a half bars later to lay down the main theme.
1 comment67Aimez-vous Picasso?
This article is just to say, hey, what we like is often about what we know, and knowing a bit more about modern art might just open our eyes and our minds to some great experiences – tactile, visual and emotional.
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64Owl House - a Visionary Environment
According to the official website of the Owl House Museum the number of visitors to this fascinating place has reached more than 15 000 annually. This begs the question, Why? What is it that people look for there?
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