https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/issue/feed 2025-12-15T09:20:14+00:00 OpenMic Editor openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za Open Journal Systems <p>Open Mic developed out of a need for UWC students to find an appropriate venue to publish their creative work. The journal contains poetry and short stories written by undergraduate students. Students are encouraged to sumit their contributions in their first language or mother tongue with an English translation.</p> https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3262 2025-12-10T11:39:58+00:00 Fran Saunders openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>The 10-week Art &amp; Identity extracurricular workshops I offered on Saturdays on campus over the second semester, 2025, were a&nbsp; response to the vision of your rector, Professor Robert Balfour (UWC Vice Chancellor) – himself an artist and poet and aware of the cognitive and personal benefits of arts-based education.<br>A group of 16 participants were drawn from 113 responses to an open advertisement offering free participation in this initiative. The selection was made on a first-come-firstserve basis, and the workshops were to be held on Saturday mornings. The students represented diverse disciplines: Law, Linguistics, Natural Sciences, Economics and Management Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Linguistics. Very few of these students had been exposed to art education; some had never before picked up a brush to paint.</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3250 2025-12-08T12:55:59+00:00 Lutan Griffiths openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Blessings in disguise</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Lutan Griffiths https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3272 2025-12-12T09:43:50+00:00 Lutan Griffiths openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Blue lightning flower</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3286 2025-12-15T09:20:14+00:00 Mathapelo Khwinana openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Cover art</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3273 2025-12-12T09:52:15+00:00 Mathapelo Khwinana openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Untitled line drawing</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3276 2025-12-12T10:06:55+00:00 Mathapelo Khwinana openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Two figures</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3274 2025-12-12T09:56:35+00:00 Siphosethu Dyan openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Circles</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3275 2025-12-12T10:02:10+00:00 Siphosethu Dyan openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>African myth, colage</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3217 2025-12-04T11:47:51+00:00 Nosipho Gxekwa openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za Tando Keke openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>editorial</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3227 2025-12-04T12:30:54+00:00 Ntsako Lyn openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za 2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Ntsako Lyn https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3228 2025-12-04T12:32:24+00:00 Lesego Kgatla openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Reflection of an African Household</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3229 2025-12-04T12:33:56+00:00 Omphemetse Matlou openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Miseducation of a Gen Z</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3230 2025-12-04T12:35:33+00:00 Lee Ann Williams openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Lee-Ann Williams - Arts and Humanities, English Literature Department. Lee-Ann holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and an Honours degree in English Literature from the University of the Western Cape (UWC).</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3225 2025-12-04T12:27:56+00:00 Amohelang Mopeli openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>After the Thunder</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3226 2025-12-04T12:29:53+00:00 Amohelang Mopeli openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Taught by Her Silence</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3261 2025-12-10T10:57:07+00:00 Nomqhele Hlongwane openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Test is a sculptural meditation on comparison, surveillance, and the extraction of value from Black identity. Its title reflects the ongoing examination Black bodies face from colonial instruments of measurement to modern policing of natural hair, beauty, and comportment.</span></p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3263 2025-12-10T11:47:54+00:00 Mische Muller openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Fragile Link</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3265 2025-12-10T12:45:46+00:00 Prince Nxumalo openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Lion Hearted</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3277 2025-12-12T10:21:02+00:00 Prince Nxumalo openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Portrait</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3218 2025-12-04T11:55:34+00:00 Nsuku Mdau openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Men Say No Too</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3219 2025-12-04T11:59:13+00:00 Khongelani Njomane openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Speak Out</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3220 2025-12-04T12:01:20+00:00 Lee Ann Williams openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Lee-Ann Williams - Arts and Humanities, English Literature Department. Lee-Ann holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and an Honours degree in English Literature from the University of the Western Cape (UWC).</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3223 2025-12-04T12:24:41+00:00 Lwandiso Sijemlana openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Out Run My Shadow</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3224 2025-12-04T12:26:44+00:00 Lwandiso Sijemlana openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>The Un-Objective Human</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3221 2025-12-04T12:02:41+00:00 Ibongwe Mnguni openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>I Refuse to Be Called a Black Woman</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3222 2025-12-04T12:21:12+00:00 Wendall Ockert openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Every few years the internet collectively happens upon a group of South Africans calling themselves coloured. In recent memory, South African singer Tyla’s identity was thoroughly scrutinized by the chronically online Americans; sparking contentious debate once again. At its essence; a divide exists, one group sees the term as racially prejudiced due to their historical relationship with it, while coloured South Africans proudly claim it as their identity, heritage, and culture. My orientation is simple; this is who I am and I am proud of it. The context of a word determines its meaning-and neither I, nor my experiences will be erased by people unable to conceptualize the importance of context.</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3232 2025-12-04T12:42:19+00:00 Oluwaseyi Agboola openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>International Day of Peace Open Mic and Dialogue</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3233 2025-12-04T12:43:32+00:00 Miriam Tandiwanashe Mukonza openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>Senzani Na?</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Miriam Tandiwanashe Mukonza https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3270 2025-12-11T12:36:59+00:00 Oluwaseyi Agboola openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>The Culture of Peace</p>

2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 https://www.epubs.ac.za/index.php/omcwj/article/view/3247 2025-12-08T09:42:18+00:00 Mische Muller openmicjournal@uwc.ac.za

<p>The editorial team consists of a group of students who have worked tirelessly to help develop the journal. This team helped develop the Open Mic and other events events, hosted by the library from which contributions to the journal are sourced. the team is supported by administrators from the Writing Center and the Library.</p>

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