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Africa

[Temporary Sojourner] Thrill to the layered, secret nature of it—Efemia Chela reviews Maaza Mengiste’s new novel, The Shadow King

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019Efemia Chela1 Comment on [Temporary Sojourner] Thrill to the layered, secret nature of it—Efemia Chela reviews Maaza Mengiste’s new novel, The Shadow King

The JRB Francophone and Contributing Editor Efemia Chela travels to Ethiopia with the living archive of Maaza Mengiste’s novel, The Shadow King. The…

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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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Africa

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and Panashe Chigumadzi in conversation—Meditations on the traumas and triumphs of Zimbabwe’s histories

August 6, 2018August 16, 2018The JRB2 Comments on Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and Panashe Chigumadzi in conversation—Meditations on the traumas and triumphs of Zimbabwe’s histories

‘History is created in the mouth …’ Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and The JRB Contributing Editor Panashe Chigumadzi both have new…

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