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Revisiting a childhood holiday spot — Chintsa in the Eastern Cape — helped to kickstart recovery from burnout and depression
Once more we have the opportunity to take our marking pen to their performance
Gwen Lister’s book, ‘Comrade Editor’, weaves together a narrative from the strands of her own life, her journalism, and the wider context of Namibia’s struggle for independence
Siya is an immeasurable loss to South Africa’s media landscape, but he will be best remembered for his countless acts of kindness
As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Sylvia Arthur founded the Library for Africa and the African Diaspora to house her collection and share it with other readers
For the past five years, Lauren Beukes has been working on a book set in the aftermath of a global epidemic. Its release couldn’t have been more timely
Time of the Writer is cancelled. Instead of hearing Jennifer Makumbi speak, we read her first novel
Hilary Mantel’s final volume in the ‘Wolf Hall’ trilogy is a triumphant end to her depiction of the blacksmith’s boy who became the king of England’s right-hand man
Read this week’s edition of the slice of life
Theresa Mallinson selects 20 you should pick up — and won’t want to put down — to be published over the course of the year
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, the Official Proteas Supporters Club emailed its fans
A novel inspired by Arab Spring activists is brutally honest about what happened — and what keeps happening
‘Born Freeloaders’ seems like a light read but under that is a layered look at post-apartheid privilege
For a young man from a poor family, post-revolutionary Egypt did not provide many opportunities
Evading gatekeepers helped the author write the African stories she wanted to read
Beating up a woman is no impediment to knighthood
Navigating the world as a little person is no big deal. But it can be exhausting when other people feel entitled to comment on your height
The Jamaican-Nigerian writer explores living between cultures in her first short story collection
The author writes from experience about Australia’s inhumane refugee policy and offshore prisons
