OPINIONISTA: Freedom belongs to those who create it By Nobesuthu Rayi
The 45th edition of the National Arts Festival in Makhanda will take place two months after the city and Sarah Baartman District host the national celebrations of Freedom Month. April 27, 2019 — just days before the sixth national elections — marks 25 years since the birth of hope for freedom by many disenfranchised people of this land. To many, this year is a milestone, the coming of age.
Historically, artists played a key role in securing the freedoms which we now enjoy. They stood up and fought the battle and won not by burning theatres, studios, galleries or libraries but through tenacious determination inspired by where their hearts are — the fulfilment of their trade. I am always in awe of how, when the performing arts move our souls, our minds follow. I’m in awe of how one night in a theatre can change a lifetime of prejudice or preconceived notions; of how a passing glimpse of an artwork can call out your name and somehow root you to the spot.
the arts and artists have a way of challenging this boxing of life along neat, immovable lines. Through creating work, they ask how could it be otherwise, how would it be if we didn’t go to work that day and instead had the courage to take that taxi to the other end of now.
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