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Alan Paton Award 2018 longlist

Awards Nonfiction South Africa

Alan Paton Award for nonfiction 2018 longlist announced

James Murua April 3, 2018 1 Comment 65 Years of Friendship A Simple Man: Kasrils And The Zuma Enigma Alan Paton Award for nonfiction Alan Paton Award for nonfiction 2018 Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit Being a Black Springbok: The Thando Manana Story Being Chris Hani’s Daughter BlackBird Books. Hitmen for Hire: Exposing South Africa’s Underworld Bongani Ngqulunga Bookstorm Colour Me Yellow: Searching for My Family Truth Crispian Olver Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years Democracy and Delusion: 10 Myths in South African Politics George Bizo Get Up! Stand Up! Personal Journeys Toward Social Justice Glynnis Breytenbach Hennie van Vuuren How to Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay Jacana Media Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi Jacques Pauw John W Fredericks Jonathan Ancer Jonathan Ball Publishers Khulu Mbatha Khwezi: The Remarkable Story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo Kingdom Power Glory: Mugabe Zanu and the Quest for Supremacy (1960–87)KMM Review Publishing Kwela Books Lee Berger Lindiwe Hani Malebo Sephodi Mandla Langa Mark Heywood Mark Shaw Melinda Ferguson MF Books Joburg Miss Behave Nechama Brodie Nelson Mandela No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela Pan Macmillan Penguin Books Pieter-Louis Myburgh Pumla Dineo Gqola Redi Tlhabi Reflecting Rogue: Inside the Mind of a Feminist Ronnie Kasrils Rule of Law Sibusiso Mjikeliso Sisonke Msimang Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Skollie: One Man’s Struggle to Survive by Telling Stories Spy: Uncovering Craig Williamson Stuart Doran Sunday Times Literary Awards Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 Tafelberg Thandeka Gqubule The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme The President’s Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and Out of Prison The Republic of Gupta: A Story of State Capture Thuli Nhlapo Umuzi Unmasked: Why the ANC Failed to Govern Zebra Press

The Alan Paton Award for nonfiction 2018 longlist, part of the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 has been announced. Alan Paton was a South African…

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Abantu Book Festival 2017

Festivals South Africa

Abantu Book Festival 2017 unveils its artist line up

James Murua October 31, 2017 No Comments Abantu Book Festival Abantu Book Festival 2017 Ayobami Adebayo Gcina Mhlophe Grace Musila Keorapelse Kgositsile Kopano Matlwa Mandia Langa Pumla Dineo Gqola Redi Tlhabi Shubnum Khan Sisonke Msimang Tsitsi Dangarembga Zakes Mda Zethu Matebeni Zubeida Jaffer

The Abantu Book Festival which is following on from its amazing debut year has announced the line-up for its second edition, which takes place on…

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Festivals South Africa

Abantu Book Festival 2016 announces confirmed guests

James Murua October 19, 2016 No Comments Abantu Book Festival Abantu Book Festival 2016 Angela Makholwa Bheki Peterson Bongani Madondo Bontle Senne Chika Unigwe Dikeledi Deekay Sibanda Don Mattera Duduzile Zamantungwa Mabaso Elinor Sisulu Eusebius McKaiser Florence Masebe Fred Khumalo Gcina Mhlope HJ Golakai James Murua Khadija Patel Khaya Dlanga Khosi Xaba Koleka Putuma Lebo Mashile Lesego Rampolokeng Lidudumalingani Mqombothi Malaika wa Azania Mongane Wally Serote Natalia Molebatsi Ndumiso Ngcobo Niq Mhlongo Noviolet Bulawayo Nozizwe Jele Panashe Chigumadzi Percy Mabandu Phillippa Yaa de Villiers Pumla Dineo Gqola Redi Tlhabi Rehana Rossouw Sabata-mpho Mokae Sihle Khumalo Siphiwe Mpye Siphiwo Mahala Thabiso Mahlape Thandiswa Mazwai Thando Mgqolozana Thato Magano Unathi Kondile Unathi Magubeni Vangi Gantsho Xolisa Guzula Yewande Omotoso Zukiswa Wanner

The Abantu Festival 2016 set for 06 – 10 December in Soweto, South Africa have announced some of their guests and the lineup is epic.…

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Pumla Dineo Gqola, keynote speaker Thuli Madonsela and Nkosinathi Sithole

Awards South Africa

Pumla Dineo Gqola, Nkosinathi Sithole win Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016

James Murua June 27, 2016 1 Comment Achmat Dangor Alan Paton Award Angela Makholwa-Moabelo Barry Rouge Prize Hunger Eats a Man Nkosinathi Sithole Pippa Green Pumla Dineo Gqola Rape: A South African Nightmare Rustum Kozain Stephen Johnson Sunday Times Literary Awards Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016 Tinyiko Maluleke

Pumla Dineo Gqola and Nkosinathi Sithole are the winners of the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2015 in a ceremony in Sandton, Johannesburg South Africa on…

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