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Africa

‘Marechera was the epitome of this simmering revolt’— Musaemura Zimunya remembers the Pots and Pans Protest of 1973

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023Musaemura B Zimunya1 Comment on ‘Marechera was the epitome of this simmering revolt’— Musaemura Zimunya remembers the Pots and Pans Protest of 1973

This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Chimukwembe demonstration, aka the ‘Pots and Pans Protest’, a student uprising in…

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Drama

[The JRB Exclusive] Read the first act of Petina Gappah’s new Dambudzo Marechera play, Black Sunlight

August 27, 2020September 3, 2020Petina Gappah1 Comment on [The JRB Exclusive] Read the first act of Petina Gappah’s new Dambudzo Marechera play, Black Sunlight

The JRB presents an exclusive first look at Petina Gappah’s new play, Black Sunlight. Gappah’s first play, adapted from her…

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Book Events

[Conversation Issue] ‘Lagos is home, the place where I don’t have to explain myself’—Chibundu Onuzo chats to Wamuwi Mbao about Welcome to Lagos

January 15, 2018Wamuwi MbaoLeave a Comment on [Conversation Issue] ‘Lagos is home, the place where I don’t have to explain myself’—Chibundu Onuzo chats to Wamuwi Mbao about Welcome to Lagos

As part of our January Conversation Issue, Wamuwi Mbao chats to Chibundu Onuzo. Welcome to Lagos  Chibundu Onuzo Faber and…

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Africa

[The JRB Daily] The Johannesburg Review of Books’s Book of the Year

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] The Johannesburg Review of Books’s Book of the Year

The JRB’s Editor takes a look back at 2017 and picks out the single work that left the biggest impression….

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Africa

Exclusive interview: Petina Gappah speaks about the highs and lows of her writing career, and reveals details of her next book

September 4, 2017September 12, 2017Bongani Kona2 Comments on Exclusive interview: Petina Gappah speaks about the highs and lows of her writing career, and reveals details of her next book

Petina Gappah sat down with The JRB contributor Bongani Kona. Gappah is a Zimbabwean writer with law degrees from Cambridge, Graz…

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