An Archive of the Ordinary
October 2, 2025
Our homes provide us with a cultural context that challenges ideas of how the oppressed lived. Like photographs, objects hold cultural memory, they connect us
Food as Archive: Kerrievis/Pickled Fish
April 17, 2025
by Wendy Morris and Nadia Kamies In Taati Niilenge’s Walvis Bay: Our Story (2024) Nangula Shikujele remembers the 1960s in Kuisebmond when fish were plentiful
Straining Against the Archives
April 24, 2023
A gathering was recently held in Cape Town to read my essay, Unpick, Restitch: Doilies, Medorahs and Labouring Plants. The essay is the first in
Perennials are ever-blooming, relevant people of all ages who know what’s happening in the world, stay current with technology and have friends of all ages. We get involved, stay curious, mentor others, and are passionate, compassionate, creative, confident, collaborative, global-minded risk takers.
Perennials are ever-blooming, relevant people of all ages who know what’s happening in the world, stay current with technology and have friends of all ages. We get involved, stay curious, mentor others, and are passionate, compassionate, creative, confident, collaborative, global-minded risk takers.
Echoes of Slavery
August 28, 2020
By: Prof Siona O’Connell, Critical African Studies Project, UP Dr Nadia Kamies, Post-Doc Dept Historical & Heritage Studies, UP The
Disturbing the Stereotypes
June 10, 2020
Art goes beyond mere entertainment – it is an ancient way of expressing who we are and what we stand
Mind Your Language
January 16, 2020
In spite of dramatic constitutional changes, South Africans remain stuck in the apartheid ways of thinking and relating to each
ABOUT NADIA KAMIES
Nadia Kamies was born and raised in Cape Town. She holds a BSc Occupational Therapy and an MA Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town, and a PhD History from the University of Pretoria. Her writing focuses on the afterlives of slavery and apartheid.
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