Arts events challenge perceptions about Africa

Lusanda Zokufa

The Windybrow Arts Centre is hosting performances that started from 7 May and continue up to the 28 May.

May, recognized as Africa Month, is a time when Africa is in a quest for unity, political and economic emancipation of its people.

The arts centre has curated a series of events for the month under the theme Flipping the Globe, which challenges perceptions about Africa. The theme weaves through an inspiring series of performances, workshops, conversations and exhibitions engaging artists in collaboration with Lefika La Phodiso, Centre for the Less Good Idea, Puleng Plessie and Ub’Dope Shishini. Looking at the world upside down brings new perspectives in the status of the north/south relationship, to the distortion of the sizes of continents and the psychological realm. Flipping the Globe is a political act giving the opportunity to engage in a playful and provocative way expressed in song, art, dance and conversation.

The events are set to inspire reimagining of the world in a new perspective. The first workshop, facilitated by Pule Kanjanolitjie, a