Johannesburg

Thina Dube - Facing Fanagalo

Saturday Jun 24 - Saturday Jul 1    
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Fanagalo (also known as Piki and Silunguboi) is a Zulu-based pidgin which started as a lingua franca between the migrant workers in KwaZulu Natal in the 19th century. A completely informal language Fanagalo borrows from numerous languages, forming a bridge between people with no common mother tongue. Artist Thina Dube’s exhibition <em>Facing Fangalo</em> looks at the history of Fangalo and explores the relationships between language and power. Language has the ability to exclude and marginalise and Dube's work looks at how cultural and individual identities are shaped by fluency in a language, or lack thereof.

Date

Jun 24 2017 - Jul 1 2017

Price/Additional Info

Entrance is free

Website

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