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AFRICAN GOTHIC

African gothic reclaimed with a story of seers

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s novel is a profound exploration of power, memory and the cost of knowledge

  • Rodney Ghobril
6 min read
‘Chronicler and conjurer’: The Zimbabwean author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu has just won the 2022 Windham Campbell prize for Fiction for her searingly honest novels. (Joanne Olivier/Penguin Random House)
SIPHIWE GLORIA NDLOVU

Shame often leads to silence

Despite strong legislation, South Africa is failing to address its unacceptable rates of woman abuse

  • Sean Jacobs
5 min read