Charl Blignaut
@sa_poptart
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Arts editor, journalist, pop culture tart. I like what I tweet.
Joburg
Joined September 2010
“South African music under apartheid is often shown as the ‘soundtrack’ to history. Or often the history is seen as mere ‘background’ to the music. But Moerane’s music was not a soundtrack to history: it was part of history.” via @TC_Africa
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Online romance scams: who Nigeria and Ghana’s fraudsters are, how they operate, and why they do it via @TC_Africa
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RT @jabulanishabazw: Just finished a radio interview over the telephone with @TshegoMoagi_ from @Powerfm987 about our recently published bl…
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Female genital mutilation is a leading cause of death for girls where it’s practised – new study via @TC_Africa
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DRC: history is repeating itself in Lubumbashi as the world scrambles for minerals to go green via @TC_Africa
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Rituals, rites and rumours: how women claim power in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines via @TC_Africa
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What a terrifying read. Good work, @becsplanb. Sexual abuse scandal - John Smyth, Jeremy Gauntlett and the shame of the Anglican Church
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Slavery and the Invention of Dutch Art is a new book by historian Caroline Fowler that adds to the story of how brutality and racial capitalism built the global art market.
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Rest in power, Paddy Harper, what an awesome, honest, energising spirit in a newsroom, and hilarious and frank and brave #PaddyHarper
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RT @SABCNews: In the wake of sexual abuse allegations, well-known advocate Jeremy Gauntlett SC has retired from the bar.
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The way Brenda Fassie lives on in this Davido track makes me want to get engaged to be married. Oh wait, I just did.
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K Sello Duiker, a rock star of South African literature, died 20 years ago today. How his work lives on via @TC_Africa #KSelloDuiker
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RT @MadamAfrika: Not me being a criminal in my fave country 💔 A little trip as soon as money allows, so I can have a public display of my…
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