Zukiswa Wanner and Niq Mhlongo are two of those who have been selected for The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study 2018 Writing Fellowships. The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study is a joint initiative of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Launched in May 2015, JIAS aims to create the conditions […]
The Abantu Festival 2016 set for 06 – 10 December in Soweto, South Africa have announced some of their guests and the lineup is epic. The Abantu Book Festival with Thando Mgqolozana as director and Panashe Chigumadzi as curator is organised under the theme, Our Stories. The new festival celebrates African stories through written and […]
Niq Mhlongo is not the co-curator for the Soweto Literary Festival 2016 as earlier announced. The Soweto Literary Festival announced itself on the social media platforms with a splash in June. The press release of the event, with Darryl David as its founder, had quotes from a large number of people you have heard of like […]
Yewande Omotoso and Jumoke Verissimo featured at the Johannesburg, South African edition of Literary Crossroads at Goethe Institut on May 17, 2016. Their topic of discussion was Quo Vadis Africa: The Power of Words – The Power of Words? The event was moderated by Ndumiso Ngcobo. Yewande is famous for her 2011 book Bom Boy (our review) which went […]
The focus of the week festival wise has to be The Time of The Writer literary festival which kicked off today in Durban, South Africa. The festival which is in its 19th year will be hosting writers from around the continent and further afield will run until Saturday 19th March. Some of the writers who […]
Check out all the videos of the Long Story Short from 2015 project below. Last year was the one where we were all introduced to a concept called “Long Story Short.” The concept which was a brainchild of South African Kgauhelo Dube and curated by Yewande Omotoso. In it there would be public readings of […]
The Dalai Lama is famous for many things one of which is the statement, ‘If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.’ Its always the individual who will change the world with the help of others. In Kenya we all love Muthoni Garland who has stayed the […]
One of my favourite movies is Quentin Tarantino offering From Dusk Till Dawn. The 1997 movie with a starring cast including George Clooney and Salma Hayek begins as a sort of prison break type movie. The movie begins with George Clooney and Tarantino as criminals who escape into Mexico taking hostages along the way. They […]
