Podcast – Cheeky Natives

Sisonke Msimang: The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 cheekynatives1 Comment

‘With razor-sharp insight, Msimang writes in a reflective tone that contains both heartbreak and humour, as she navigates some often-overlooked complexities surrounding race, womanhood and class.’ – Cher Tan, Books and Publishing Just some of the words that come to mind when thinking of Sisonke Msimang’s second book ‘The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela’ Written in […]

Landa Mabenge: Becoming Him: a Trans Memoir of Triumph

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 cheekynatives1 Comment

‘But humility is a work of progress and there are times when I need to work on practising tolerance. Whenever individuals question my ‘genitals’ I am reminded of how blinkered and obsessed with labels we humans are. Whatever lies between my legs, whether I sit or stand when I pee, my genitals are what they […]

Rekgotsofetse Chikane: Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation

June 28, 2019July 9, 2019 cheekynativesLeave a Comment

“Whiteness seeks to remove us from its embrace because we threaten it. We place its position at the centre at risk when we dare to usurp it rather than simply remain constant in relation to it. Exerting my identity undermines the identity of whiteness. Yet exerting my identity calls into question my commitment to follow […]

Malebo Sephodi: Miss Behave

May 3, 2019June 21, 2019 cheekynatives

Well-behaved women seldom make history.’ Listen to podcast -@malebosephodi writes deeply on the way this quote by Laurel Thatcher has influenced her life and writing. The Cheeky Natives sat down with the magical Malebo Sephodi, author of Miss Behave. Miss Behave is an award-winning text on a Black feminist journey to consciousness. Graceful and so […]

Rosie Motene: Reclaiming the Soil

April 12, 2019June 21, 2019 cheekynatives

Happy 2019!!!!!! Listen to podcast The first live recording of The Cheeky Natives features Rosie Motene talking about her memoir ‘Reclaiming the Soil: A Black Girl’s Struggle to Find Her African Self’. This book tells the story of a young girl born to the Bafokeng nation during the apartheid era in South Africa. At the […]

Nthikeng Mohlele: Michael K

February 7, 2019June 21, 2019 cheekynatives

Listen to podcast “Although this, of course, was not strictly true: I so desired Maureen that at times I temporarily lost my mind, any sense of restraint. That I imagined, with a sudden swell of emotions and enlightenment, how desperately I craved Greek salad: cucumbers. Lettuce, onion rings and baby tomatoes, only dressed with her […]