The JRB presents an excerpt from Ndima Ndima, the debut novel from Tsitsi Mapepa. Ndima NdimaTsitsi MapepaCatalyst Press, 2023 The…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s short story ‘Mastitis’, published in Now Now: The 2023 Doek Anthology. Now…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Sand Roses, the debut novel by Hamza Koudri. Sand RosesHamza KoudriHolland House Books, 2023…
The JRB presents an excerpt from ‘7678B Old Potchefstroom Road’, from Innards, the debut short story collection by Magogodi oaMphela…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Home Scar, the forthcoming debut novel by SE Bhamjee. Home ScarSE BhamjeeModjaji Books, 2024…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Inside your body there are flowers, the new collection of short stories by Diane…
The JRB presents an excerpt from New Swell, the short story collection by Byron Loker, which will be published in…
The winners of the 2023 South African Literary Awards (the SALAs) have been announced. The SALAs are awarded annually by…
The winners of the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards have been announced. Bulelwa Mabasa has won the Non-fiction Award for…
Henrietta Rose-Innes has been awarded the prestigious UJ Prize for Literary Translation, for her translation of Etienne van Heerden’s novel…
The shortlists for the 2023 South African Literary Awards have been announced. The SALAs are awarded annually by the wRite…
Wamuwi Mbao • Makhosazana Xaba • vangile gantsho • Zikhona Valela • Fungai Machirori • Irene Staunton • Sanya Osha…
Thandiwe Ntshinga’s Black Racist Bitch is the sort of book some readers will absolutely love, and others will find unreadable,…
The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated: People Power and Legal Power in the 21st Century, edited by Katie Redford and…
This is the fourth in a series of long-form interviews by Patron Makhosazana Xaba to be hosted on The JRB,…
Zikhona Valela reviews Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg. Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage…
It was a warm afternoon when I visited Weaver Press earlier this year. I was moderating a book launch for…
Once one experiences the phenomenal power of Christopher Okigbo’s poetry, it seems the reverberations persist throughout one’s creative life, writes…
The JRB presents an excerpt from A Whistling of Birds by Isobel Dixon. A Whistling of BirdsIsobel DixonHuman & Rousseau,…
Victor Dlamini is The JRB’s Photo Editor. We feature his work on our Instagram channel. See this ten-year retrospective of his portraits. View this…
Back once again with the JRB radio, in a moment when we’re all reminded that there’s nothing quite like the…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Bridge, the new novel from Editorial Advisory Panel member Lauren Beukes. BridgeLauren BeukesPenguin Random House SA, 2023…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Tiger Work, the latest collection of poems, fables, and essays from Ben Okri. Tiger…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Breaking the Bombers: How the Hunt for Pagad Created a Crack Police Unit by…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Coloured: How Classification Became Culture by Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel. ColouredTessa Dooms,…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Dazzling by Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ. Dazzling Chịkọdịlị EmelụmadụHeadline Publishing Group The Arrival Long Before They…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Reading From the South: African Print Cultures and Oceanic Turns in Isabel Hofmeyr’s Work….
The JRB presents an excerpt from The Reed Dance Stalker, the new novel from Angela Makholwa. The Reed Dance StalkerAngela…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Langabi: Season of Beasts by Christopher Mlalazi. Langabi is the first book from Mother,…
The JRB presents an excerpt fom Paperless by Buntu Siwisa. PaperlessBuntu SiwisaJacana Media, 2023 One I was on my way…
Senegalese writers Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo have been awarded the 2023 Caine Prize for African Writing for their…
The shortlists for the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards have been revealed. The two awards—the Non-fiction Award and the Fiction…
Header image: CA Davids and Pulane Mlilo Mpondo The winners of the University of Johannesburg Prizes for South African Writing in…
Makhosazana Xaba • Sarah Lubala • Wamuwi Mbao • Michael Titlestad • Anna Stroud • Jarred Thompson • Mphuthumi Ntabeni…
This is the third in a series of long-form interviews by Patron Makhosazana Xaba to be hosted on The JRB,…
Eben Venter’s Decima is a novel in which morality is shown to be an intricately woven fabric of contesting needs…
Anna Stroud chats to Jarred Thompson about The Institute for Creative Dying, his debut novel that imagines a radical alternative…
Eye Brother Horn by Bridget Pitt is a South African novel immersed in our oral culture and traditions, writes Mphuthumi…
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Chimukwembe demonstration, aka the ‘Pots and Pans Protest’, a student uprising in…
The JRB presents an excerpt from the forthcoming book Love Offers No Safety: Nigeria’s Queer Men Speak, to be published…
