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Read an excerpt from a new edition of Alex La Guma’s A Soviet Journey, including the Foreword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024The JRBLeave a Comment on Read an excerpt from a new edition of Alex La Guma’s A Soviet Journey, including the Foreword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The JRB presents an excerpt from a new edition of A Soviet Journey by Alex La Guma: A Critical Annotated…

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‘A worthy addition to the Zimbabwean library of the struggle-engaged’—Percy Zvomuya reviews An Outsider Within by Mary E Ndlovu

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024Percy ZvomuyaLeave a Comment on ‘A worthy addition to the Zimbabwean library of the struggle-engaged’—Percy Zvomuya reviews An Outsider Within by Mary E Ndlovu

Percy Zvomuya reviews Mary E Ndlovu’s memoir, An Outsider Within: A Memoir of Love, of Loss, of Perseverance. An Outsider…

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Wole Soyinka vs Caroline Davis—The CIA Controversy by Adekeye Adebajo

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022Adekeye Adebajo2 Comments on Wole Soyinka vs Caroline Davis—The CIA Controversy by Adekeye Adebajo

In 2020, Caroline Davis, a British scholar, now based at England’s University College London, published the book African Literature and…

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Pushkin’s African heritage—Read an excerpt from African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021The JRB1 Comment on Pushkin’s African heritage—Read an excerpt from African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele

The JRB presents an excerpt from Olivette Otele’s African Europeans: An Untold History, which was recently shortlisted for the Orwell…

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