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[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

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

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

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment

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

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

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