Strategies for Survival at Sibikwa 1988 – 2021

Landmarks of South African Theatre History Edited by Phyllis Klotz and Smal Ndaba ORDER HERE Founders of Sibikwa Arts Centre, Smal Ndaba and Phyllis Klotz, with contributions by leading practitioners and scholars in the South African creative and cultural industries, tell an engaging and contextualised history of the township-based arts centre. Almost 30 years into […]

Creativity in times of COVID

“There’s nothing more important than art. Art is the basis of our deepest humanity, and it is through art that we articulate our greatest concerns, our deepest beliefs and our most profound ideas about who we are.”

An Introduction to Sibikwa’s Urban Labs: A Methodology for Collective Change

By Tonderai Chiyindiko & Caryn Green, 4 September 2023 This article is the fourth in a series of blogs and opinion pieces, providing a context for and presenting research findings from Sibikwa Arts Centre’s Urban Culture, Democracy and Governance Labs. Supported by the Commonwealth Foundation, this Urban Labs initiative is a pilot programme exploring cultural […]