Dela Gwala

Dela Gwala is a hard-truths enthusiast, full-time feminist, and activist storyteller. She holds a BA in International Relations and Media Studies from the University of Cape Town as well as an MA Creative Writing from the same institution. She has also completed an MA Gender Studies from SOAS University of London. She has written for publications such as New Frame, IOL news, the Cape Argus, and Mahala magazine. Her essays have been published in two anthologies, titled "Feminism Is" and "This Is How It Is". She has been interviewed about her activist work by Cape Talk, eNCA, BBC World Service, and 5 FM - amongst others. She also has an interest in audio storytelling which is a medium she explored through the London-based student radio station, SOAS Radio.
New Frame •

Book Review | An Eternal Audience of One

The Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije is a transportive novel. In an epic spanning just over 500 pages and six countries, the Rwandan-born Namibian author takes readers on a narrative journey in a story about family, friendship and migration. On the eve of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of the national lockdown in response to Covid-19, Ngamije went live on Facebook in the kitchen of his Windhoek home to launch the book. The Time of the Writer festival, which had been scheduled to
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World Service - The Conversation, Female Fury

What is making women angry, and can that rage be channelled for good? Kim Chakanetsa speaks to feminist writers from South Africa and the US. US writer and media critic Soraya Chemaly says women across the world have a right to be angry. Their rights are undermined, they're routinely underpaid and belittled. But from an early age girls are also taught to suppress their anger and calm themselves down when fired up. She says women need to learn to embrace rage as a tool for positive change.
Medium •

Rebuilding Shattered Societies: Lessons on Memory, Justice, and Redress from Poland, Germany and…

On the 21st of July 2017, I and a group of 20 other University of Cape Town students left South Africa for a 10 day study tour of Germany and Poland. The aim of this tour was to reflect on how these nations recovered post-WWII and see if that held any lessons for us as South Africans still healing from Apartheid. We had to write a reflective essay for the organisers and funders of the tour. This was mine.