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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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Interviews

‘I believe poetry is how my ancestors found me’—vangile gantsho in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

October 13, 2023November 8, 2023Makhosazana Xaba1 Comment on ‘I believe poetry is how my ancestors found me’—vangile gantsho in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

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

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Africa

‘I am proud that I surrendered to poetry in the ways I did’—Katleho Kano Shoro in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

May 4, 2023October 12, 2023Makhosazana XabaLeave a Comment on ‘I am proud that I surrendered to poetry in the ways I did’—Katleho Kano Shoro in conversation with Makhosazana Xaba

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

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Book excerpts

‘I share me so you can know you’—Read an excerpt from Thirty Five Poems by the late Myesha Jenkins

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021The JRBLeave a Comment on ‘I share me so you can know you’—Read an excerpt from Thirty Five Poems by the late Myesha Jenkins

The JRB presents an excerpt from Thirty Five Poems, a posthumously published collection of poetry by Myesha Jenkins, who passed…

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Features

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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News

Myesha Jenkins, 1948—2020, RIP

September 7, 2020December 28, 2020The JRB2 Comments on Myesha Jenkins, 1948—2020, RIP

The pioneering poet and activist Myesha Jenkins died in Johannesburg on Saturday, 5 September, 2020. Jenkins moved to South Africa…

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Academic

Our Words, Our Worlds: The work of Black women poets as an act of poetic revolt, by Moshibudi Motimele

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019Moshibudi MotimeleLeave a Comment on Our Words, Our Worlds: The work of Black women poets as an act of poetic revolt, by Moshibudi Motimele

Moshibudi Motimele reflects on the publication of Our Words, Our Worlds: Writing on Black South African Women Poets, 2000–2018, a…

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