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Africa

Intimations of an ending—Carey Baraka on the unspoken demise of Kwani?, and the death of a dream

August 27, 2020September 17, 2020Carey Baraka10 Comments on Intimations of an ending—Carey Baraka on the unspoken demise of Kwani?, and the death of a dream

‘Still, there were dreams, and there were dreamers.’ Carey Baraka attempts to gather together the stories of Kwani? 1. One…

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Academic

[The JRB Daily] Panashe Chigumadzi wins 2018 Brittle Paper Award for Rights of Conquest, Rights of Desire, published in The JRB

November 20, 2018Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] Panashe Chigumadzi wins 2018 Brittle Paper Award for Rights of Conquest, Rights of Desire, published in The JRB

The winners of the 2018 Brittle Paper Awards have been announced—including Panashe Chigumadzi, for her essay ‘History Through the Body or Rights…

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AfricaKenya

Three poems by Shailja Patel

February 5, 2018October 22, 2021Shailja PatelLeave a Comment on Three poems by Shailja Patel

The Johannesburg Review of Books presents three poems by Shailja Patel. Syllabus Note O leftist men who heart critiques of Hillary and…

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Africa

Ta-Nehisi Coates is not the voice of black people: Kibo Ngowi considers the cult of intersectionality

February 5, 2018February 16, 2018Kibo Ngowi2 Comments on Ta-Nehisi Coates is not the voice of black people: Kibo Ngowi considers the cult of intersectionality

Ta-Nehisi Coates is not the voice of black people—and, crucially, neither does he aspire to be, writes Kibo Ngowi. We…

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