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Africa

‘Before I even believed in myself, women writers older than me held my hand’—Busisiwe Mahlangu in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

June 11, 2024October 14, 2024Makhosazana Xaba2 Comments on ‘Before I even believed in myself, women writers older than me held my hand’—Busisiwe Mahlangu in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

This is the sixth in a series of long-form interviews by Patron Makhosazana Xaba to be hosted on The JRB,…

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International

Reading social reality in the writhing surface of the city—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Colson Whitehead’s The Colossus of New York

July 2, 2018July 2, 2018Wamuwi MbaoLeave a Comment on Reading social reality in the writhing surface of the city—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Colson Whitehead’s The Colossus of New York

Colson Whitehead’s The Colossus of New York, reissued fourteen years after its first publication, endures in the quality of its writing and…

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