The Allegory of the Vanity of the Plastic Spoon
The Allegory of the Vanity of the Plastic Spoon by Coral Bijoux is an excerpt from the Dreams as R-evolution body of…
Maize
The above artworks are reflections on my honours research on maize consumption. Maize and maize meal hold a deeply sentimental…
My Tongue Softens On The Other Name
In my mother’s back yard washing snapsabove chillies and wild rosemary.Kapokbos, cottonwool bush, my tongue softenson the rosemary’s other name.Aubergine,…
The Fish System
Step one: my father takes a piece of fish and hooks it on the line, feeds it to the sea…
Hunger
So here’s the thing:Women don’t feel hungry. One hears, in fact,That among someThe culture of skipping tea and breakfast,And going…
Mambhele’s Harvest
My grandmother was a guardian,tending a kingdom of cabbages.Leafy, layered planets in constant orbit emasimini.uMamBhele was a general, rearing battalion…
revolutionaries at the table
come in, sit here, feel free smell. taste. touch you cannot refuse what is offered here, a spoonful of ice-cream…
uMakhulu’s hands
My grandmother’s communion with the landIs a ritual of her ploughing and harvestingthe fruits and food in the heart and…
The Wisdom of Suspended Time: Artichokes and Fava Beans
Although of uncertain origin, they saythat fava beans have an excellent claim to antiquityand are amongst the finest of delicacies;the…