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Remembering Myesha Jenkins, a revolutionary in politics, poetry and jazz, by Christa Kuljian and Makhosazana Xaba

October 8, 2020October 13, 2021Makhosazana XabaLeave a Comment on Remembering Myesha Jenkins, a revolutionary in politics, poetry and jazz, by Christa Kuljian and Makhosazana Xaba

By Christa Kuljian and Makhosazana Xaba Transformation Who I was is not who I am.And who I amis not who I…

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Fiction

Refusing the tyranny of American beauty—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Colson Whitehead’s shocking and unsettling new novel The Nickel Boys

September 2, 2019June 11, 2020Wamuwi MbaoLeave a Comment on Refusing the tyranny of American beauty—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Colson Whitehead’s shocking and unsettling new novel The Nickel Boys

The Nickel Boys is a powerfully controlled novel in which the main character learns that there are no rules by…

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Africa

A real-life Yemeni-American hero: Imraan Coovadia reviews Dave Eggers’s new book, The Monk of Mokha

March 5, 2018Imraan CoovadiaLeave a Comment on A real-life Yemeni-American hero: Imraan Coovadia reviews Dave Eggers’s new book, The Monk of Mokha

The Monk of Mokha’s easygoing optimism glides over the prejudices and hatred that underdog minorities face in the United States,…

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