Episodes

OBF2025: Book Lounge Feminist Book Club with Michelle Myeko Kekana 23.01.2026 57:36

In this event Noma Tsheleza facilitates an interactive conversation with Michelle Myeko Kekana, the author of The Fragile Mental Health of Strong Women.  This is a recording of a live event that took place at the [...]

OBF2025: The Loss Rate 21.01.2026 1:09:16

In this event Wale Lawal, Athambile Masola and Moray Rhoda speak to Sue Nyamnjoh about meaning making in the age of AI.  This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September [...]

OBF2025: What the Water Gave Me 19.01.2026 59:30

In this event Veruska De Vita, Traci Kwaai and Malika Ndlovu speak to Zolani Mahola about the work of reclaiming ancestral and intimate connections to our rivers and oceans.  This is a recording of a live [...]

OBF2025: Recovering from Childhood 16.01.2026 1:03:01

In this event Sven Axelrad, Lebo Mazibuko and Ntombifuthi Nkabinde speak to Lufefe Boss about working through the trauma left by problematic parents. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the [...]

OBF2025: Facing Death 14.01.2026 58:20

In this event, Foluso Agbaje, Rémy Ngamije and Sarah Uheida speak to Erin Bates about journeying with grief. This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the [...]

OBF2025: Up Close with Maneo | Tsitsi Dangarembga 14.01.2026 58:15

In this event, Maneo Mohale speaks to literary icon, Tsitsi Dangarembga, about bearing witness to complex states of Black girlhood in her powerful world-bending Tambudzai and Nyasha trilogy (Nervous Conditions, The Book of Not, This [...]

OBF2025: Feminist Imaginary | Speaking into Silence 14.01.2026 1:27:10

In this event Foluso Agbaje, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Goretti Kyomuhendo and Athambile Masola speak to Mbali Sikakana about writing feminist histories, and filling in the gaps in the official archives.  This is a recording of a [...]

OBF2025: Spirituality in the Now 12.12.2025 1:19:40

In this event Siphokazi Jonas and Vusumzi Ngxande speak to Vuyo Koyana about reclaiming a spiritual inheritance and returning to the heart/core of Isintu.  This is a recording of a live event that took place at [...]

OBF2025: Queer Anxiety 08.12.2025 58:20

In this event, Nkgopoleng Moloi, Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal and Lwando Scott speak to Rebecca Davis about the safety of queer people on our continent and in our cities.  This is a recording of a live event [...]

OBF2025: Slam City 05.12.2025 1:31:35

Cape Town’s premier poetry slam proudly presents the Slam City Showcase! A celebration of new talent, lyrical grit, and poetic brilliance in different African languages. Each month, the city’s boldest voices battle it out for the [...]