The shortlist for the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced, including ‘The Neighbourhood Watch’ by Rémy…
The JRB Editorial Advisory Panel member James Murua reports back from his trip to the Salon du Livre de Mayotte, which took place…
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has announced its panel of judges for 2020, and a new sponsorship deal. …
Ugandan writer Kagayi Ngobi was the featured artist at the June 2019 edition of the Artistic Encounters series at the…
Two problems are gnawing at my heart as we leave Dar es Salaam to Morogoro on the Sunday afternoon of…
About five months ago a very close friend of mine invited me to his wedding. His big day was Saturday,…
Before I leave Johannesburg for Nairobi, Kenya, my friend and fellow author Zukiswa Wanner warns me not to bring more…
Sierra Leonean writer and 2013 Caine Prize shortlistee Pede Hollist was at the Goethe-Institut in Nairobi in May to kick…
The second issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books is here—replete with some of the finest writing on books and…
I travelled across the continent on the morning of Saturday, April 22, to attend one of the most important annual…
