- Zebulon Dread
"Elliot Josephs", better known as Zebulon Dread, is a
South African cultural icon (or cultural terrorist, as he describes himself) and writer. He is a controversial celebrity, [Thiel, Gustav and Nadine Christians. (December 25 2003 ) [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=iol1072324714839C416&set_id=1 What will celebrities be doing for Christmas?] iol.co.za. Retrieved 1 Aug, 2008.] known for his political views.Dread is most well-known for his politically incorrect satirical self-publication, "Hei Voetsek". Two later
magazine s, "Poes!" and "Piel!" parodied the sexism of consumer magazines. In addition, Dread published a number of satirical books. In 2002, disillusioned with the lack of transformation in South Africa, Josephs determined to retire hisalter-ego , committing "ritual suicide." He explained, "I am going to give up the ghost of my alter-ego, Zebulon Dread, and depart for India in order to find the happiness that the liberation struggle failed to deliver"."Hei Voetsek!"
"Hei Voetsek!" was published in
Cape Town ,South Africa between 1997 and 2002. In the first issue of the magazine, the title of which translates loosely "Hey, get lost!", Josephs explained, "This magazine is just to say we're out there and we don't buy your shit. It's freedom of expression and the means by which a long-suffering artist becomes an entrepreneur, taking destiny into his own hands and out of the devious honkies who so love control." Written, designed, drawn,Photoshop ped and photocopied by Josephs himself, Hei Voetsek! dissected South African politics, culture, society and sex.The magazine, which railed against everyone from corrupt politicians and conservative
Afrikaaner s to "darkies with a chip on their shoulders", was written inCape Flats taal , a street-smart mixture of English,Afrikaans andslang .Refused by more established
publisher s because of the nature of the work, Josephs used small, independent black printing firms. He sold the magazine himself on the streets, atbook fair s and atart festivals countrywide.Bibliography
* "Memoirs of a Closet Guerrilla"
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"This article duplicates material from [http://www.chimurengalibrary.co.za/periodicals.php?id=3 HEI VOETSEK!] at chimurengalibrary.co.za, released under
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External links
* [http://www.vetseun.co.za/anarkans/skryf/bbbs.htm Zebulon Dread archive] on Vetseun.
*Abrahams, Tasneem. " [http://www.iol.za.org/index.php?set_id=9&click_id=589&art_id=ct20021209110051429Z100191 Zebulon Dread plans his 'ritual suicide] ", Independent Online, December 09 2002.
*McKay, Kerryn. " [http://icommons.movimento.cc/article_print/the-publisher-is-dead The publisher is dead] ."
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