CityLife Arts is a specialist arts publication that focuses on visual art, theatre and literature.
By Edward Tsumele This is one of those stories of inspiration that connect easily with people, and this is the mind empowering story of Thembi Kgatlana, the Mohlakeng girl, who … Read More
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor If you grew up in the 1990s, you would definitely know how a songbird called Aaliyah, dominated the global music charts, and how her life … Read More
By Desiree Lewis and Gabeda Baderoom In the third decade of the new millennium, despite many publishers still seeing black women’s writing as having a limited market, readers have far … Read More
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor When I arrived at an address in Parkhurst, North of Johannesburg, on Saturday, August 7, 2021, that I knew Guns & Rain, a progressive young … Read More
By Edward Tsumele Currently it is simply too easy for many in the cultural and creative space to give up, throw their hands in the air and say there is … Read More
By Matthew Barac The arrival in London of a new Serpentine Pavilion is a design diary highlight every year. Each commission sees a new temporary garden building – a pavilion – created by … Read More
By Ismail Mahomed Thursday 5 August 2021 will go down as the night when the cultural & creative sector held their breath while President Cyril Ramaphosa announced changes to his … Read More
