B&W

Nina Simone and Prince all day

Why (the king of love is dead) ... absolutely superb lament for MLK

Honorary degrees are the new awards

Makhathini, from the archive

B&W

Pattern magic

Except for its list of 100 most influential people, Time is mostly a forgotten magazine

Famous Blue Raincoat. Leonard Cohen. Achingly beautiful music, the poetry retains its vitality and Cohen’s voice a marvel for all times

Remembering beloved Hugh today. Started the day with his music

Hugh’s light

Pula. Abdullah Ibrahim

Polling is the new fiction. Suburban wishes masquerading as political science

Ebathenjini. Busi Mhlongo

Mntungwa

King Tha

Mabuya

Polls. File under fiction

A short course on how honorary degrees work is long overdue

Jimmy Scott's version of this song is untouchable, but here Nancy Wilson -- who was greatly influenced by Scott -- is sublime.

Nancy Wilson performs 'The Folks Who Live on the Hill' on The Carol Burnett Show
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