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Africa

‘I decided to give up writing and to rethink my life’—Karen Jennings chats to Jennifer Malec about her Booker Prize-longlisted novel, An Island

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021Jennifer Malec1 Comment on ‘I decided to give up writing and to rethink my life’—Karen Jennings chats to Jennifer Malec about her Booker Prize-longlisted novel, An Island

Karen Jennings was recently longlisted for the Booker Prize, for her novel An Island. Here she chats to The JRB…

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Africa

[The JRB Daily] Short Story Day Africa Prize ‘Disruption’ shortlist announced—featuring 8 African writers from 5 countries

May 3, 2021May 5, 2021Jennifer Malec2 Comments on [The JRB Daily] Short Story Day Africa Prize ‘Disruption’ shortlist announced—featuring 8 African writers from 5 countries

The shortlist for the seventh Short Story Day Africa Prize has been announced, the JRB can exclusively reveal! The prize was…

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Awards

[The JRB Daily] Mohale Mashigo receives the inaugural Philida Literary Award

February 8, 2020February 10, 2020The JRBLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] Mohale Mashigo receives the inaugural Philida Literary Award

Mohale Mashigo has received the inaugural Philida Literary Award, named in honour of the late author André Brink’s final published…

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Features

[City Editor] Arsène, Mos Def, Ben Okri and me—authors and the problems of mistaken identity, by Niq Mhlongo

August 5, 2019October 22, 2019Niq MhlongoLeave a Comment on [City Editor] Arsène, Mos Def, Ben Okri and me—authors and the problems of mistaken identity, by Niq Mhlongo

On 25 June 2019, during the State of the Nation (SONA) debate, our Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula tried to impress…

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