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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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A knockout crime debut from Lagos: Ben Williams reviews Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist

May 1, 2017January 4, 2021Ben WilliamsLeave a Comment on A knockout crime debut from Lagos: Ben Williams reviews Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist

Easy Motion Tourist Leye Adenle Cassava Republic Press/Pan Macmillan South Africa 2016 1. On September 21st 2015, a Monday, a…

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All you need is luck: Jennifer Malec reviews Zadie Smith’s Swing Time and Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers

May 1, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on All you need is luck: Jennifer Malec reviews Zadie Smith’s Swing Time and Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers

Swing Time Zadie Smith Penguin Books 2016 Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue HarperCollins 2017 1. Zadie Smith’s new novel, Swing…

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[Photo Editor] Two original portraits by Victor Dlamini: Binyavanga Wainaina and Niq Mhlongo

May 1, 2017July 2, 2017Victor DlaminiLeave a Comment on [Photo Editor] Two original portraits by Victor Dlamini: Binyavanga Wainaina and Niq Mhlongo

Victor Dlamini is The JRB’s Photo Editor. We feature his work on our Instagram channel. ~~~ Author Binyavanga Wainaina, photographed…

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Exclusive to The JRB: Listen to Leye Adenle read from Easy Motion Tourist

May 1, 2017June 5, 2017The JRBLeave a Comment on Exclusive to The JRB: Listen to Leye Adenle read from Easy Motion Tourist

Easy Motion Tourist Leye Adenle Cassava Republic Press/Pan Macmillan South Africa 2016 The JRB recorded this reading by Leye Adenle…

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Sudanese author Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin wins Prix du livre engagé de la Cène Littéraire for his novel Le Messie du Darfour

May 1, 2017Efemia Chela5 Comments on Sudanese author Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin wins Prix du livre engagé de la Cène Littéraire for his novel Le Messie du Darfour

Congratulations are in order: Sudanese author Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin’s novel Le Messie du Darfour has won the 2017 Prix du livre engagé…

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New short fiction from Short Story Day Africa: ‘Things We Found North of the Sunset’ by Aba Asibon

May 1, 2017January 5, 2018The JRB2 Comments on New short fiction from Short Story Day Africa: ‘Things We Found North of the Sunset’ by Aba Asibon

Exclusive to The JRB, new short fiction from Aba Asibon, courtesy of Short Story Day Africa. Short Story Day Africa’s…

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