The Johannesburg Review of Books

‘I write in French to tell the French that I am not French’—Algerian Francophone poetry featured in Words Without Borders

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019Efemia ChelaLeave a Comment

In the January 2019 issue of Words Without Borders, translator and poet Marilyn Hacker discusses the fascinating resistance history of…

Fiction

Skin and the Arab Spring: Read an excerpt from Tunisian author Azza Filali’s Les Intranquilles

March 5, 2018Efemia ChelaLeave a Comment

Words without Borders’s issue dedicated to Tunisian women writers got lost in the flurry of the end of 2017, with…

Africa

From the fringe to the centre: Meet ‘The New French’ in the latest issue of Words Without Borders

September 4, 2017January 5, 2018Efemia ChelaLeave a Comment

The French-language literary tradition distinguishes between ‘French’ or ‘hexagonal’ literature, written by authors born in France (the hexagon), and ‘Francophone’…