Paivapo – The Johannesburg Review of Books

[Fiction Issue] ‘In anger, my words poisoned my bloodline. I can hear their echoes still’—Read an excerpt from Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang’s new novel Daughters of Nandi

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang4 Comments

The JRB presents an excerpt from Daughters of Nandi, the debut work of adult fiction by Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang. Daughters…

The parties end early but Botswana is lit—Zukiswa Wanner reports back from the Gaborone Book Festival

October 1, 2018November 4, 2018Zukiswa Wanner2 Comments

Two weeks before the end of our JIAS Fellowship, Niq Mhlongo and I decided that as we had been to…

[The JRB Daily] Exclusive to The JRB: ‘I’m going to market the hell out of our stories’—Zukiswa Wanner reveals the details of her new Africa-focused publishing company, Paivapo

April 19, 2018September 8, 2018Jennifer Malec6 Comments

Zukiswa Wanner is starting her own publishing company, with a focus on marketing and selling books throughout Africa. Wanner will launch…