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Awards

[The JRB Daily] ‘Inspiring new generations of literary talent’—Call for applications for the 2024 Achmat Dangor Literary Prize

August 12, 2024August 12, 2024Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] ‘Inspiring new generations of literary talent’—Call for applications for the 2024 Achmat Dangor Literary Prize

Applications for the 2024 Achmat Dangor Literary Prize, an award dedicated to nurturing young, previously disadvantaged writers working in all…

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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

[The JRB Daily] South African poet Maneo Refiloe Mohale wins Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry

June 24, 2021June 30, 2021Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] South African poet Maneo Refiloe Mohale wins Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry

South African poet Maneo Refiloe Mohale was recently named the winner of the African Poetry Book Fund’s 2020 Glenna Luschei…

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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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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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