Guga S’Thebe Arts and Culture Centre

About this audio guide

This guide to the Guga S'Thebe Arts and Culture Centre in Langa, Cape Town, follows Nomthuzi Jacobs, who ran informal gatherings on this ground years before the centre officially opened in 2005, on a spot tied to the activist Robert Sobukwe. It traces the Xhosa idiom behind the centre's name and how it shaped Jacobs's vision of a gathering place. You'll hear about the ceramic-mosaic walls made by local artists and the potters and metalworkers still at their benches inside. Listen slowly as you walk the corner of Bhunga Avenue.