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The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 1, Issue 4 (August 2017)

August 7, 2017January 2, 2018Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 1, Issue 4 (August 2017)

The fourth issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books has arrived—and not a moment too soon, in our humble opinion….

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Remembering Marechera: Humboldt University hosts archive of the Zimbabwean author’s estate

August 7, 2017August 15, 2017Sophy Kohler1 Comment on Remembering Marechera: Humboldt University hosts archive of the Zimbabwean author’s estate

There is a black-and-white portrait of Dambudzo Marechera, taken in Harare in 1986 by the Dutch photographer Ernst Schade, that…

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The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 1, Issue 2 (June 2017)

June 5, 2017January 22, 2018Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 1, Issue 2 (June 2017)

The second issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books is here—replete with some of the finest writing on books and…

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[Temporary Sojourner] How little has changed in thirty-nine years: Efemia Chela reads Dambudzo Marechera’s The House of Hunger

June 5, 2017June 4, 2020Efemia Chela1 Comment on [Temporary Sojourner] How little has changed in thirty-nine years: Efemia Chela reads Dambudzo Marechera’s The House of Hunger

The House of Hunger Dambudzo Marechera First published Pantheon Books 1978; this edition Heinemann African Writers Series 2009 We knew…

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The limits of counterfactual fiction: Percy Zvomuya reviews Bertène Juminer’s Bozambo’s Revenge and Michel Houellebecq’s Submission

May 1, 2017July 26, 2018Percy Zvomuya1 Comment on The limits of counterfactual fiction: Percy Zvomuya reviews Bertène Juminer’s Bozambo’s Revenge and Michel Houellebecq’s Submission

La Revanche de Bozambo / Bozambo’s Revenge Bertène Juminer Présence Africaine, 1968 (French ed.)/Three Continents Press, 1968 (English ed.) Submission…

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