Angela Makholwa – The Johannesburg Review of Books

‘The ominous ring of the prison siren still lingers in the air as if signalling the end of days’—Read an excerpt from Angela Makholwa’s new novel The Reed Dance Stalker

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023The JRBLeave a Comment

The JRB presents an excerpt from The Reed Dance Stalker, the new novel from Angela Makholwa. The Reed Dance StalkerAngela…

[The JRB Daily] ‘To be truly powerful is to have your own voice and tell your own story’—Read Zukiswa Wanner’s ‘career-defining’ Time of the Writer keynote address

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021Zukiswa WannerLeave a Comment

The author, activist, founder of Afrolit Sans Frontieres and Goethe Medal winner Zukiswa Wanner gave the keynote address at the…

[Fiction Issue] ‘Yho mme we! What am I going to do with you two? You look like a farmer going to his first business meeting.’—Read an excerpt from Angela Makholwa’s Critical But, Stable

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020Angela MakholwaLeave a Comment

The JRB presents an excerpt from Critical But, Stable, the new novel from Angela Makholwa. Critical But, StableAngela MakholwaPan Macmillan…

[Conversation Issue] ‘I won’t be polite, because there’s nothing polite about patriarchy’—Mona Eltahawy inspires (and triggers) at the Abantu Book Festival, reports Itumeleng Molefi

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020Itumeleng MolefiLeave a Comment

As part of our January Conversation Issue, Itumeleng Molefi reflects on Mona Eltahawy’s keynote address and conversation with Pumla Dineo…

A burden, an honour, a revolutionary tactic—Read an interview with some of the contributors to Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu, a new collection of essays edited by Niq Mhlongo

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019Jennifer Malec1 Comment

The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec interviews some of the contributors to Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu, a new collection of essays edited…

Heat, hunger and hidden spots—Sifiso Mzobe introduces Niq Mhlongo to Durban

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019Sifiso MzobeLeave a Comment

Sifiso Mzobe shows his fellow scribe, and JRB City Editor, Niq Mhlongo around his hometown of Durban during the Time…

Where’s Mzansi noir?—Wamuwi Mbao laments the lack of dark and moody South African television adaptations

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018Wamuwi Mbao2 Comments

Wamuwi Mbao imagines a serial adaptation of Angela Makholwa’s Black Widow Society, a sleekly executed interpretation of HJ Golakai’s The Lazarus…

[City Editor] Borders and books—Niq Mhlongo travels to Nairobi with ninety of his novels

August 6, 2018September 2, 2018Niq MhlongoLeave a Comment

Before I leave Johannesburg for Nairobi, Kenya, my friend and fellow author Zukiswa Wanner warns me not to bring more…

[City Editor] South Africa’s cultural game-changers—Niq Mhlongo believes book clubs are changing the literary landscape

July 2, 2018July 2, 2018Niq Mhlongo1 Comment

A major change is happening on the South African literary landscape, and it has its roots in the formation of…

[The JRB Daily] Exclusive to The JRB: ‘I’m going to market the hell out of our stories’—Zukiswa Wanner reveals the details of her new Africa-focused publishing company, Paivapo

April 19, 2018September 8, 2018Jennifer Malec6 Comments

Zukiswa Wanner is starting her own publishing company, with a focus on marketing and selling books throughout Africa. Wanner will launch…