STEVE BIKO CENTRE

Counter-narratives of Commemoration

Under the theme Counter-narratives of Commemoration, Resonance Archive Festival returns in 2026 with a simple provocation: remembering is never neutral. Every monument, anniversary, museum label and national holiday tells us what to remember, and by extension what to forget. This year the festival asks who writes those versions of the past, whose stories they leave out, and what becomes possible when those stories are told on their own terms.

The programme continues the festival’s conversations on archive and memory through film, performance, visual art and literature, across three cities.

27 November 2026

Steve Biko Centre

Premiere Screening | 6pm

How Long

With a special introduction by Zikhona Valela

28 November 2026

Steve Biko Centre

1.Tour | 11am

A guided tour of the Steve Biko Museum

2.Tour | 12pm

A counter-narratives guided tour of the Steve Biko Centre Library

3.Conversation | 3pm

And She Didn’t Die

Zikhona Valela in conversation with Dr Vuyani Gweki Booi and Khethiwe Ngcobo