PEN South Africa is deeply saddened by the news that journalist, editor and author Allister Sparks passed away on Monday at the age of 83. Sparks has been a member of PEN South Africa since 2004 and has written a...
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Farzanah Adam wrote this piece on free speech and Islamic thought following a discussion on Salaamedia with journalist Azhar Vadi and PEN SA President Margie Orford. The discussion was about freedom of expression and the right to offend and was...
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Statement amended on 19 September 2016. As the first anniversary of the RhodesMustFall and FeesMustFall movements approach, violence and protest continues at South African universities. Monday, September 5th saw students torching vehicles and police at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal...
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Arterial Network, a civil-society network of artists and others working in Africa’s creative and cultural sectors, has released a free eBook titled How Free is FREE? Reflections on Freedom of Creative Expression in Africa. The compilation features writing from 25...
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This is an excerpt from PEN SA member Yewande Omotoso’s story “Cupboards in the Dark”, from the anthology How Free is FREE? Reflections on Freedom of Creative Expression in Africa, Arterial Network’s free ebook compilation of poems, articles and works...
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