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The myth of transcendence—Zanta Nkumane reviews Ocean Vuong’s new novel The Emperor of Gladness

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025Zanta Nkumane1 Comment on The myth of transcendence—Zanta Nkumane reviews Ocean Vuong’s new novel The Emperor of Gladness

Zanta Nkumane reviews Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness, a novel not intent on building a new national myth, but…

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Africa

[The JRB Daily] Short Story Day Africa announce 12 writers selected for 2022 Inkubator project

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] Short Story Day Africa announce 12 writers selected for 2022 Inkubator project

The twelve writers selected for the first Short Story Day Africa Inkubator project have been announced. 36 Short Stories, 12…

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Africa

[The JRB Daily] Top 10 of 2019—A look back at our most popular articles of the year

December 28, 2019December 19, 2020The JRBLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] Top 10 of 2019—A look back at our most popular articles of the year

This December marked the The JRB’s thirty-second issue, the final issue of our third volume. With the new year—but not…

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Fiction

The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 3, Issue 12 (December 2019, The Fiction Issue)

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 3, Issue 12 (December 2019, The Fiction Issue)

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim • Yewande Omotoso • Lelissa Girma • Sabata-mpho Mokae • Craig Higginson • Mphuthumi Ntabeni • Sifiso…

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[Fiction Issue] ‘Mad About the Boy’, a new short story by Zanta Nkumane

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019Zanta Nkumane9 Comments on [Fiction Issue] ‘Mad About the Boy’, a new short story by Zanta Nkumane

The JRB presents a new short story by Zanta Nkumane. Mad About the Boy He comes to me one night,…

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