Between 2020 and 2021 interdisciplinary art practitioners Bulelwa Mbangu, Zodwa Skeyi-Tutani and Sikhumbuzo Makandula developed a Tiyo Soga Reader to highlight the socio-political relevance of Mgwali village in both the history of South Africa and its post-apartheid logics.

The Reader illuminates on how the practitioners negotiated the archive and oral stories by using creative methodologies to investigate narratives about Nosuthu Soga’s influence on Tiyo Soga in understanding his agency as a Black missionary of the 19th century. The collective of researchers used Ingoma kaTiyo Soga’s interdisciplinary live art presentation and expansive digital project as a way to honour the heritage and legacy of Reverend Tiyo Soga with presentations, workshops and conversations to inspire an intergenerational dialogue.

On 16 October 2023 the Reader will be officially launched at The Michaelis School of Fine Arts with a presentation by Sikhumbuzo Makandula as part of the Fellowship Talks programme under the title A Vocabulary of Senses curated by Sinethemba Twalo.

The digital version of the Reader can be downloaded herein as a PDF.