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A kaleidoscopic novel of radiant beauty—Bongani Kona reviews the new English translation of Ondjaki’s Transparent City

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018Bongani KonaLeave a Comment on A kaleidoscopic novel of radiant beauty—Bongani Kona reviews the new English translation of Ondjaki’s Transparent City

In Transparent City, Ondjaki writes Angola not as an insignificant place in the margins of history but as if it…

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[The JRB Daily] Remembering VS Naipaul in South Africa

August 13, 2018August 14, 2018Jennifer Malec1 Comment on [The JRB Daily] Remembering VS Naipaul in South Africa

VS Naipaul, who died aged eighty-five on Saturday, spent some months in South Africa in 2009, researching his final book….

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