Sindiwe Magona Catalogue
For nearly thirty years, Sindiwe Magona has been authoring the lives of South Africans from a broad range of ethnic and economic backgrounds. Her probing and poignant stories, poems, articles, and plays examine the ever- thorny challenges within the apartheid and post-apartheid world. Given her vast oeuvre, Magona and her works deserve the attention of […]
The Day Gogo Went to Vote
Freedom Day 2017 marks 20 years since the publication in South Africa of the classic children’s book, The Day Gogo Went to Vote. The story of a hundred-year old woman voting in South Africa’s first democratic election, was penned by Puku founding member and current Executive Director, Elinor Sisulu. The story is based on her […]
Puku Story Festival 2017
21 – 26 February 2017, Grahamstown It is Puku Story Festival time in Grahamstown again and festival organisers are thrilled to announce that this year’s guest of honour is legendary musician, poet, storyteller and teacher Latozi Mpahleni, better known as Madosini. Widely acknowledged as the foremost living player of isitolotolo, uhadi and the umrhube mouth […]
PUKU Afri Kids
The Puku Afri-kids Festival took place on Saturday 26 November at the SGI-South Africa Community Centre in Parkwood, Johannesburg. Designed to appeal to children, teenagers, parents and grandparents, caregivers and educators, writers and cultural activists, the Puku Afri-kids Festival was a great success. Children’s entertainment included storytelling by acclaimed storyteller Gcina Mhlophe, Zanele Ndlovu and […]
What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century?
“Around the world, education systems are in crisis. Progress has been made to increase access to at least a basic education over the past several decades, but not nearly fast enough. At the current pace the last impoverished girl will not even have access to a classroom until 2086. More than 260 million children and […]
Puku Story Festival 2016 – Dr Sindiwe Magona
