Showcasing the work of more than 200 women writers of African descent, this major international collection celebrates their contributions to literature and international culture. The anthology includes writing by PEN SA President Nadia Davids, as well as PEN SA board members, Sisonke Msimang...
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Warning. Smoking kills. It also corrupts law-enforcement officials and eviscerates state institutions. It devours politicians, professionals, businesspeople and ordinary workers in the chase for big bucks and the battle for a slice of an ever-shrinking cigarette market. Join one of...
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Animalia Paradoxa: the taxonomic category created by Carl Linnaeus for mythical, dubious and imaginary animals. A virus inflames a woman with mortal desire; a colonial naturalist seeks an impossible specimen; invisible violence stalks a safari and a man out walking...
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Fred Khumalo’s debut isiZulu fiction title, uManzekhofi nezaKhe has been published by new isiZulu publishing house, Kwasukela Books. uManzekhofi nezaKhe is a witty and whimsical collection of interconnected short stories that centre around a house-cat, Manzekhofi, and the Sibiya household he lives in. Inspired...
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Over the last decades, South Africa has seen an outpouring of life-writing and narrative non-fiction. Authors like Panashe Chigumadzi, Jacob Dlamini, Mark Gevisser, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Antjie Krog, Sisonke Msimang, Njabulo Ndebele, Jonny Steinberg and Ivan Vladislavić have produced a compelling...
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