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FeuilletonscoutDie "Black Titanic": Fred Khumalo "Bevor wir sterben, tanzen wir"Rezension nachlesen2024-05-2505 min
The Hidden Lives of WritersS01 E09 Fred KhumaloBrad Pitt is in the studio!
Prolific and award-winning writer Fred Khumalo talks to Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel about how he inhabited the first-person consciousness of a female protagonist in Bitches' Brew. He has the ladies hanging on his every word as he describes how the historical inspirations for The Longest March and Dancing the Death Drill presented themselves to him.
Fred describes how journalism taught him not to wait for inspiration before starting to write. He starts writing and then the inspiration comes. He describes the experience of having his works adapted for the...2023-07-241h 12
Beyond Governance2023.05.18 – Dr Nimrod Mbele with Fred Khumalo, Mai Motubatse & Prophet DJ Poet – Leveraging2023-05-1841 min
City PressNokuthula Mazibuko Msimang breathes new life into historical talesThe writer joins Fred Khumalo at the City Press studio to dive into her literary journey, which features seven children’s books – including the most recent release Soweto Tea Party – and her first adult novel titled The Daughters of Nandi.2022-11-2729 min
City PressDr Siphiwo Mahala on how lockdown helped him writeNovelist and playwright Dr Siphiwo Mahala joins Books & Beverages host Fred Khumalo for a behind-the-scenes look at his work on celebrated Drum-era journalists Bloke Modisane and Can Themba.2022-10-3027 min
Open Book PodcastOBF2022: Absent FathersThis is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Fred Khumalo, Pulane Mpondo and Kopano Ratele speak to Christopher Ouma about the impact of fatherlessness.
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.2022-10-181h 02Open Book PodcastOBF2022: South Africa and XenophobiaThis is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Vanya Gastrow, Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase and Fred Khumalo speak to Karina Szczurek about the ongoing vulnerability of foreign nationals in South Africa.
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.2022-10-101h 05Open Book PodcastOBF2022: Forced to MoveThis is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Dianne Du Toit Albertze, Fred Khumalo and Joy Watson speak to Bettina Wyngaard about migrating to survive.
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.2022-10-0559 min
City PressAngela Makholwa on her books reaching new heightsNovelist, journalist and PR consultant Angela Makholwa joins Fred Khumalo in studio to speak about how her book Critical but Stable has been given a new lease on life.2022-10-0328 min
City PressBulelwa Mabasa’s secret hope and passion for writingNewly minted author Bulelwa Mabasa joins host Fred Khumalo in episode three of the Books and Beverages podcast to discuss her passion for land.2022-09-1930 min
City PressVéronique Tadjo’s wisdom from a Baobab treeAs the country wraps up National Book Week, we bring you another episode of Books and Beverages podcast with Fred Khumalo, who is joined by poet, academic and artist from Côte d’Ivoire Véronique Tadjo.2022-09-1224 min
City PressHow Melusi Tshabalala fortuitously landed his first book dealAuthor Melusi Tshabalala sits down with City Press’ deputy news editor and renowned author Fred Khumalo to talk about his writing journey.2022-09-0532 min
MZANSI DEEP SUNDAYSSession 226 - Neil Gain - Guest Mix - Deep HouseShow hosted by DJ Naid (book DJ Naid - djnaidbookings@gmail.com) and produced by DJ Naid & Terence Rhoda
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Saturdays with JennyFred Khumalo On His 13th New BookJenny Crwys-Williams speaks to renowned author Fred Khumalo about his latest book a collection of short stories titled A Coat Of Many Colours. Kaya FM2021-05-0820 min
Jenny's CornerFred Khumalo On His 13th New BookJenny Crwys-Williams speaks to renowned author Fred Khumalo about his latest book a collection of short stories titled A Coat Of Many Colours.2021-05-0820 min
The ChorusThe Chorus: Hanks For The Memories, Or Dancing Through A Deadly Purple PatchIn which we note that Tom Hanks makes delivering news an art form - which we like, as for us, art is the best kind of news. There's also sex and beer and secret histories of different kinds - including that which pertains to The Artist Currently Known As A The Subject Of A Biography. In addition, there is dancing, death, a series of apologies, a singer who names his album after himself and the balancing of cover versions with (live) original music. Did we mention we write and record songs as a duo - The Van Dyke Parks...2021-02-191h 05
Sunday Times BooksNew World, Old Tricks by Fred KhumaloFred Khumalo wonders whether we will have learnt any lessons from the coronavirus pandemic in his story, "New World, Old Tricks".
At the beginning of lockdown we asked eight storytellers to pen a work of fiction inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic. Now we have asked them to record the story that they wrote for us during the first few days of lockdown. Some brave authors have read it themselves, and some have got their talented friends to do it. So take a listen to the wonderful tales of Writing the End... Coronavirus, written by some of our very best authors.2020-09-2005 min
A Readers' CommunityA Conversation with MohaleWe discuss what’s been happening behind the scenes in the book world and Mervyn has a conversation with Mohale Mashigo about her life as a writer, and get recommendations from Book Lounge staff. Mohale mentioned ‘What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky’ by Lesley Nneka Arimah, ‘Paradise’ by Toni Morrison, ‘Maru’ by Bessie Head, ‘The Vanishing Half’ by Brit Bennett, ‘In The Dreamhouse’ by Carmen Maria Machado, and ‘The Longest March’ by Fred Khumalo. Jess recommends ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ by Bernardine Evaristo, Colin recommends ‘Pew’ by Catherine Lacey, and Luami recommends ‘The Discomfort of Evening’ by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld.Get...2020-09-1043 min
NB PublishersLockdown Extended contributors pull togetherSome of the Lockdown Extended contributors pulled together virtually to bring you a "book launch"! We compiled their WhatsApp voicenotes into this podcast, where you'll get to hear readings from various authors, the inspiration behind their contributions and much more.
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Sentenced to Lockdown, regarded as "non-essential", 30 South African writers get together in a virtual Corona Collective, to pen Lockdown Extended, trying to make sense of...2020-04-3042 min
Amabookabooka: The Quarantine ChroniclesEP7: I Write, Said FredFred Khumalo, according to one of his publishers, has been described as a ‘reluctant Zulu’, ‘clever black’ and an ‘equal opportunity offender’, but for Amabookabooka he is one of South Africa’s leading story tellers - who blends history and fiction into thrilling novels.
He’s written 11 books. His first, Bitches Brew, turned 15 this year and has been reprinted eight times (one fan even tattooed the cover on his arm. Fred's latest novel is The Longest March, which tells the tale of 7000 Zulu miners who walked for 10 days from Johannesburg to Ladysmith on 7th October 1899 - Fred took this historical event and added...2020-04-0218 min
AmabookabookaAmabookabooka: The quarantine chronicles - Fred KhumaloAV Education — I Write, Said Fred: Fred Khumalo, according to one of his publishers,
has been described as a ‘reluctant Zulu’, ‘clever black’ and an ‘equal
opportunity offender’, but for Amabookabooka he is one of South
Africa’s leading story tellers - who blends history and fiction into
thrilling novels. He’s written 11 books. His first, Bitches Brew,
turned 15 this year. His latest is The Longest March, which tells the
tale of 7000 Zulu miners who walked for 10 days from Johannesburg to
Ladysmith in 1899. Fred took this historical event and added a love
triangle. He then showed that he’s not 'all ta...2020-04-0200 min
Book ChoiceBook Choice - November 2019Beverley Roos-Muller waded into Booker controversy territory and read both
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo, joint winners for 2019. Melvyn Minnaar devoured Furious Hours, Casey Cep’s literary true crime thriller about Harper Lee’s non-fiction novel that never saw the light of day. John Hanks strongly recommends Gary Goldman & Marieka Gryzenhout’s superbly illustrated Field Guide to Mushrooms & other Fungi of South Africa. Debut reviewer Chegofatso Modika explored what it means to be queer in South Africa in They Called Me Queer compiled by Kim Windvogel and Kelly-Eve Koopman. Lesley Beake could not re...2019-11-0455 min
The Glenzito SuperdriveFred KhumaloINTERVIEW: Author and journalist Fred Khumalo is currently walking from Joburg to Durban. His 10 day walk aims to highlight the journey of 7,000 Zulu mineworkers who walked from the gold mines in Johannesburg to Natal nearly 120 years ago. We’ll speak to Fred.2019-10-1008 min
2018: SkrywersfeesWHOSE HISTORY IS IT ANYWAY?With: Fred Khumalo, Alexandra
Fuller and Achmat Dangor.
Sandra Swart asks three writers if it is
important to tell accurate stories about the
past – even if it’s offensive or hurtful? Fred
used the sinking of the crew ship SS Mendi
during the First World War as backdrop for
Dancing the Death Drill. Alexandra wrote
about growing up during the Rhodesian
war in her debut and for her new novel,
Quiet Until the Thaw, investigates the
history of two Native American boys in
a South Dakota reserve, while Achmat
returns to the apartheid history in Dikeledi.2018-05-311h 042018: SkrywersfeesBOEKKLUB: 55 VOOR 12/ 55 TO 12 – SKRYWERS OM DIE LANGTAFELMet: Jacques Pauw, Valda Jansen,
Alexandra Fuller, SJ Naudé, Masande.
Ntshanga, Eben Venter, Fred Khumalo,
Karin, Ghaireyah Fredericks, Jolyn Phillip,
Sean Christie en Heindrich Wyngaard.
Twaalf skrywers – Afrikaans en Engels –
kom bymekaar teen die agtergrond van
toenemende vreemdelingehaat, onrus
wêreldwyd en die verkrummeling van
magstrukture om vrae uit te trap, soos wat
beteken dit om in vandag se werklikheid
te skryf en wie kry die reg om sê wat dié
werklikheid is? Kan jy nog as skrywer ’n
bydrae maak om 55 minute voor 12?
Jean Meiring tree op as gespreksleier.2018-05-041h 31
Africa: Stories in the 55South Africa's WWI tragedy immortalised in new novel; Rwandan genocide as seen by Djiboutian writerIn this month's Africa: Stories in the 55, we speak to the authors of two historical novels, both set in the 20th century. Fred Khumalo's "Dancing the Death Drill" deals with the South African ship the S.S. Mendi, which was sunk in the waters off of the UK, killing 618 black South African soliders. In "Harvest of Skulls", Abdourahman Waberi, a Djiboutian writer, goes to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide and writes his novel based on the stories of the people he meets. Spanning nearly 60 years, and many different names, South African author Fred Khumalo tells the poignant story o...2017-04-2010 min
Africa: Stories in the 55Africa: Stories in the 55 - South Africa's WWI tragedy immortalised in new novel; Rwandan genocide as seen by Djiboutian writerIn this month's Africa: Stories in the 55, we speak to the authors of two historical novels, both set in the 20th century. Fred Khumalo's "Dancing the Death Drill" deals with the South African ship the S.S. Mendi, which was sunk in the waters off of the UK, killing 618 black South African soliders. In "Harvest of Skulls", Abdourahman Waberi, a Djiboutian writer, goes to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide and writes his novel based on the stories of the people he meets.
Spanning nearly 60 years, and many different names, South African author Fred Khumalo tells the poignant story of Pitso, a y...2017-04-2000 min
Africa: Stories in the 55Africa: Stories in the 55 - South Africa's WWI tragedy immortalised in new novel; Rwandan genocide as seen by Djiboutian writerIn this month's Africa: Stories in the 55, we speak to the authors of two historical novels, both set in the 20th century. Fred Khumalo's "Dancing the Death Drill" deals with the South African ship the S.S. Mendi, which was sunk in the waters off of the UK, killing 618 black South African soliders. In "Harvest of Skulls", Abdourahman Waberi, a Djiboutian writer, goes to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide and writes his novel based on the stories of the people he meets.2017-04-2010 min
PM Live on SAfmINTERVIEW WITH FRED KHUMALO ABOUT THE SS MENDI CEREMONIES AND HIS LATEST BOOK DASAfm — Dancing the Death Drill, journalist and author, Fred Khumalo tells the story of the SS Mendi2017-02-2106 min
LiteratureFred Khumalo, Niq Mhlongo, Modikwe Dikobe & Jim PascualFred Khumalo starts the show talking about his latest book “Dancing the Death Drill”; on our new feature called “Writer’s Read”, Author Niq Mhlongo reviews “The Marabi Dance” by Modikwe Dikobe then Poet and Translator Jim Pascual Agustin talks about his latest book “Wings of Smoke”.2017-02-1254 min
In TuneTHE IMPORTANCE OF PARENT TO CHILD COMMUNICATIONFred Khumalo – Novelist and Newspaper Columnist***He believes that if we don’t teach our children, the streets will.***He says as parents, they should talk as often as possible. Refusing to speak to your children – especially teenagers about sex, drinking, drugs, anorexia(or any other disorder) will affect them negatively2016-11-0511 min
Afternoon TalkWhat should be done about Robben Island Fred Khumalo shares his thoughtsThought provoking talk and debates with the listeners and high profile guests. Presented by Ashraf Garda.2012-11-1451 min