Loudine Philip examines Julie Grant and Keyan Tomaselli's book 'Rethinking Khoe and San Indigeneity, Language and Culture in Southern Africa'. She praises the book in particular for its accessibility to novice audiences.
doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Kristiaan Van der Bijl engages with the topic of sensations by doing a deep reading of David Howes's book 'Sensory Studies Manifesto: Tracking the Sensorial Revolution in the Arts and Human Sciences'.
doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Shanee Giani does a careful read of the topics of public and private healthcare, care, race and class in Jennifer Rogerson's 'Privileges of Birth: Constellations of Care, Myth and Race in South Africa'.
doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Among the book reviews is Kathryn Croll's reflection on Lucinda Backwell and Francesco d'Errico's book 'San Elders Speak: Ancestral Knowledge of the Kalahari San'.
doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Shingirai Nyakabawu examines the infrastructure that Zimbabwean migrants draw on when they arrive in South Africa and how differing access shapes the fortunes and misfortunes that the migrants experience. doi.org/10.1080/233232…

In Issue 46 (4), Richard Atimniraye Nyelade draws on a documentary film he shot among the Baka in Nomedjoh in Cameroon to investigate how this community responds to globalisation. doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Alice Aterianus-Owanga wraps up the special issue with her article on tactile technologies of the self. She examines these in the Afro-Latin dance scene in Cape Town.
doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Duane Jethro and Arthur Lehloenya investigate the 'intangible, sensuous heritage' of sounds, smells and experiences in their study of the adhan in Cape Town. They analyse them as speaking to negotiations of religious, heritage, identity and belonging.

doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Chloé Buire's article investigates interactive performances in Luanda, Angola, to think about the multisensory emergence of public space. Make sure you engage with the supplemental video and audio material she has published as part of her paper.

doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Douglas Bafford's article on urban religious soundscapes examines the role of music in shaping Christian identities. It shows the 'power of embodied, sonic 'feeling' to maintain cultural boundaries in South Africa's heterogeneous religious soundscapes'.
doi.org/10.1080/233232…

Wishing all ASNA readers and authors a Happy 2024!