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01/05/2026

The archive breathes.

Voices remembered, rhythms returning.

Not an archive of dust, but of breath and becoming.

What was once carried in memory finds sound again.

We listen where others have forgotten to hear. Songs held in silence begin to rise. Where the past leans into the present.

Module 1 of The Archive Sings Back unfolds…

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📍 [Botaki Ba Afrika, 1005 Arcadia Street, Hatfield, Pretoria]

📅 [6 & 7 April 2026]

28/11/2025

Hello everyone, my name is Thabiso Nkoana. I call myself a poet and a wordsmith, sometimes a musicologist and most days just a human somebody trying to understand the world, one line at a time.

I write poetry because there are things that are too loud to keep inside, and too quiet to be heard in ordinary conversation

So I write, and I keep writing — because maybe my lines echo something people have felt too. That’s why I write. That’s why I’m here.

Anyway, thanks for reading, and for allowing my words to be part of your world for a moment.

28/11/2025

What 2025 has meant to me as a person and as a poet.

If I had to summarise this year in one word, it would be alignment.

2025 forced me to choose myself - to choose the work that reflects who I am now, not who I was taught to be or who I was expected to become.

It has been a year of finishing things I once feared starting. A year of returning to creativity with intention, not as a hobby. Not as a side note. But as a central part of my identity.

This time has also been a moment of confronting truth. As a poet, I see writing as a metaphor of life which requires honesty — even the uncomfortable kind.
This year demanded a level of honesty I had avoided for years. It hasn't been easy.

2025 has been a year of healing too. Not the glamorous kind, but the slow, sometimes painful work of untangling old stories.

It has been a chance to claim or reclaim my voice. It's given me the courage to stand behind my work and life decisions without shrinking, apologising, or delaying.

I'm finally beginning to recognise my own becoming. I've realised that the version of myself I’m growing into deserves space. Deserves acknowledgement. Deserves breath.

2025 was not perfect. But it was transformative. It taught me that art, poetry, creation; like life, are acts of courage — and sometimes acts of defiance. It reminded me that becoming is not a destination — it’s a constant unfolding.

So here’s to the quiet shifts, the reclaimed pieces, and the parts of myself I am finally learning to honour. Here’s to standing whole, even while still becoming.

26/10/2025

Title: For The Poets ... 📝📚📖
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23/10/2025

Title: A Beginners Guide to Lexicology...📝📚📖

Strolling down memory lane I peeked into some windows and what you see and hear is some of what I found. Good times. It's been quite a ride and we keep rollin'.

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23/10/2025

Title: Life Is A Scholar...📝📚📖

17/09/2025

South Africa has some of the richest musical traditions in the world.
So why is there no dedicated postgraduate funding for African Musicology in our universities?

We have broad arts funding, yes. But not the kind that specifically strengthens African voices studying African music on African soil. Most major scholarships point students abroad — valuable, but often at the cost of local context.

If we want African music to be taken seriously as knowledge, not just performance, shouldn’t we start investing in it here?

17/09/2025

Is African Musicology just ethnomusicology or something more?

In many discussions, African Musicology is often framed as a subset of ethnomusicology. But my own research and practice have led me to a different perspective.

I see African Musicology as a standalone field; rooted in African epistemologies, cultural frameworks, and ways of knowing, that belongs directly under the umbrella of Musicology. To reduce it to ethnomusicology risks flattening its depth and specificity.

Of course, this is a contested space. Some will disagree. But perhaps the question of where African Musicology “belongs” should not be resolved in Western academic debates alone. It should be defined first and foremost by African scholars and practitioners, on African terms.

It may be controversial, but it is necessary: African Musicology must be claimed, shaped, and advanced from within Africa itself.

08/09/2025

Bridging Poetry & Research

“My poetry is my research. My research is my poetry.”

As a poet, I often write in the same language of inquiry that I use in my academic work. Both are ways of asking questions about identity, history, and memory.

For example, in my project Black Lines Matter, I brought together poetry, music, fine art, animation, and digital media into one collaborative artwork. It was a way of saying: our knowledge is not just in books — it is also in rhythm, performance, and story.

I want my journey as a researcher to remain open to creativity, and my journey as a poet to remain informed by theory. For me, African Musicology is not just an academic discipline — it is also a creative practice.

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Tuesday 10:00 - 22:00
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Saturday 11:00 - 23:00
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