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Jaques Pauw is unable to joins us on Sunday, 5 November 2017 to talk about his new book, The President’s Keepers.
He is consulting with lawyers in Pretoria about the cease and desist notice served on him by the SSA.
Our Leesfees event will be a discussion between Tim Cohen and a media lawyer about Pauw’s book and investigative journalism and the challenges faced by Pauw. There will be opportunity for the audience to take part in the discussion.
Get your tickets now for David Kramer’s production at the Leesfees
David Kramer, Laurinda Hofmeyr and Schalk Joubert bring Afrique mon désir to Prince Albert Leesfees 2017
This will get your your hips swaying to the ticket office!
Afrique mon désir (meaning Africa my longing/Afrika my verlange) is a 90-minute multi-media world music production, directed by David Kramer, featuring Laurinda Hofmeyr, Schalk Joubert and the Afrique mon désir Ensemble, presented by the Cape Town Music Academy (CTMA)
Legendary musical theatre director, David Kramer, joins forces with the multi-award-winning South African singer and composer, Laurinda Hormeyr, famous for setting music to poetry, and bassist and musical producer, Schalk Joubert.
Together with a world-class ensemble of West African singers and musicians, they explore a wealth of African poetry, from Francophone Madagascar to Mauritania, Senegal to Chad, and all the way back to South African shores, with the Afrikaans poetry of Breyten Breytenbach, Eugène Marais and Antjie Krog. This literary feast combines the written word with African inspired melodies and rhythms to produce an energetic multi-media production titled Afrique mon désir.
Mesmerising animation films, created by award-winning South African artist Diek Grobler, accompany the music, making this production a unique audio and visual experience, presented in French, Afrikaans and other African lanugages.
Afrique mon désir explores themes of longing, displacement and a deep, shared connection between the African continent and its people.
CTMA is a not for profit company (NPC) that seeks to create opportunities for local established and emerging musicians and related artists in the Western Cape. The objective of the CTMA is to conduct a public benefit activity which creates programmes and projects for the promotion of the work of local musicians and the development of career opportunities in the South African music industry.
David Kramer, Laurinda Hofmeyr en Schalk Joubert bring Afrique mon désir na Prince Albert Leesfees 2017
Afrique mon désir (Afrika my verlange) is ’n 90-minuut-multimedia-wêreldmusiekproduksie met David Kramer as regisseur, en met musikante Laurinda Hofmeyr, Schalk Joubert en die Afrique mon désir-ensemle. Dit word aangebied deur die Cape Town Music Academy (CTMA).
Die legendariese musiekteaterregisseur David Kramer span hier kragte saam met die veelbekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse sanger en komponis Laurinda Hofmeyr, bekend vir haar talent om poësie tot musiek te toonset, en die baskitaarspeler en musiekvervaardiger Schalk Joubert.
Tesame met ’n wêreldklas ensemble bestaande uit Wes-Afrikaanse sangers en musikante ontdek hulle ’n skatkis van Afrika-poësie vanuit Franssprekende lande soos Madagaskar, Mauritanië, Senegal en Tsjad, asook – terug op eie bodem – in die werke van Breyten Breytenbach, Eugène Marais en Antjie Krog. Hierdie literêre fees word gekombineer met Afrika-geïnspireerde melodieë om ’n energieke multimediaproduksie, Afrique mon désir, aan te bied.
Meesleurende animasiefilms deur die gevierde Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaar Diek Grobler vergesel die musiekuitvoering om hiervan ’n unieke, sensoriese oudio- en visuele ervaring te maak, aangebied in Frans, Afrikaans en ander Afrika-tale.
Afrique mon désir ondersoek die temas van ontheemding en verlange, asook ’n diepgedeelde band tussen die Afrika-vasteland en sy bewoners.
CTMA is ’n nie-winsgewende maatskappy (NWM) wat daarna streef om geleenthede te ontwikkel vir plaaslike gevestigde en opkomende musikante en kunstenaars in die Wes-Kaap. Die doelwit van die CTMA is ’n openbare weldaadsaktiwiteit wat programme en projekte skep wat die werk van plaaslike musikante en die ontwikkeling van werksgeleenthede in die Suid-Afrikaanse musiekbedryf bewerkstellig.
The first Leesfees was part of Prince Albert’s 250 year celebrations (November 2012). That year we celebrated Karoo writers and poets. The intimacy of a festival where guests could attend every event, with no rushing from venue to venue, had such appeal that the team now hosts a Leesfees every year. The theme for 2017 is The Soul of the Karoo, acknowledging the creative spirit which infuses the Karoo and which has provided inspiration since the days of the Khoisan.
Die eerste Leesfees het deel gevorm van Prins Albert se 250ste verjaardagviering (November 2012), met die fokus op Karoo-skrywers en -digters. Die kompaktheid van ‘n fees waar gaste elke aanbieding kon bywoon, en hulle nooit van lokaal tot lokaal hoef te haas nie, was so gewild, dat die organiseerders sedertdien elke jaar ‘n Leesfees hou. Die 2017-tema is In die gees van die Karoo, om erkenning te gee aan die skeppendheid wat die Karoo verryk en ‘n inspirasie is sedert die dae van die Khoisan.