Keleketla! Library

Keleketla! Library is a timeless, radical storytelling and narrative portal, an [arts] archive, cultural production and educational workshop and performance space in Johannesburg (and worldwide through collaborations, emergent platforms and media.) Their goal is to support and nurture autonomous and interdependent cultural production while holding our governments accountable for just provisions of infrastructural support. Keleketla! Library was established in 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa founded by Malose Malahlela and Rangoato Hlasane.

City

Johannesburg

Country

South Africa

Region

Africa

Year of Creation

2008

Featured Project

Keleketla! After School Programme (K!ASP)

The Keleketla! After School Programme (K!ASP), established in 2008, creates a meaningful space for youth to use available tools in ways that contributes to learning and personal expression. The consistent programming, as opposed to once-off activities, enables sustained growth through scaffolding of information.

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Resources

Hlasane, R. (2013). Culture as development of voice and self-articulation: Keleketla! after-school programme. overcoMing & innovation, 16.

Malatjie, P. (2013). Alternative/experimental art spaces in Johannesburg. Third Text, 27(3), 367-377.

Marie, Z. (2018). The Not-so-Quiet Violence of Bricks and Mortar. In Planned Violence: Post/Colonial Urban Infrastructure, Literature and Culture (pp. 105-120).

Ensemble, M. A. Another Roadmap School-Intertwining HiStories Johannesburg Working Group (Africa Cluster).

More Information

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