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Sisonke Msimang at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5.

Sisonke Msimang features at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5 from Perth, Australia on Friday, July 31, 2020. She was hosted by Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda. Afrolit…

Book Launches New Books Nonfiction South Africa

Sisonke Msimang’s “The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela” to launch in Johannesburg.

James Murua May 23, 2019 1 Comment Cheeky Natives Sisonke Msimang The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela

Sisonke Msimang’s The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela will be launching in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 24, 2019. Sisonke Msimang is a South African writer…

Awards Nonfiction South Africa

Sisonke Msimang on Multiculturalism New South Wales 2019 Award shortlist.

James Murua February 28, 2019 No Comments Always Another Country Sisonke Msimang

Sisonke Msimang is on the Multiculturalism New South Wales 2019 Award shortlist for her memoir Always Another Country. The Multicultural New South Wales (NSW) Award…

Biyi Bandele, Mona Eltahawy, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Sisonke Msimang.

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Bandele, Eltahawy, Saro-Wiwa, Msimang are Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018.

James Murua May 17, 2018 No Comments Bellagio Residency Scholars Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018 Biyi Bandele Mona Eltahawy Noo Saro Wiwa Sisonke Msimang

Biyi Bandele, Mona Eltahawy, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Sisonke Msimang are the Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018. The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists,…

Awards Fiction Nonfiction South Africa

The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced.

James Murua May 14, 2018 No Comments 1960-1987 A Thousand Tales of Johannesburg Alan Paton Award Alan Paton Award 2018 Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home Barry Ronge Prize Barry Ronge Prize 2018 Bird-Monk Seding Bongani Ngqulunga Bookstorm Colour Me Yellow: Searching for My Family Truth Deep South Publishers Francois Smith Glory – Mugabe Harry Kalmer Jonathan Ball Publishers Kingdom Kwela Books Lesego Rampolokeng Maxine Case No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela Penguin Books Power Sisonke Msimang Sithatha Media SJ Naude Softness of the Lime Stuart Doran Sunday Times Literary Awards Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 Tafelberg Thandeka Gqubule The Camp Whore The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme The Third Reel Thuli Nhlapo Zanu and the Quest for Supremacy

The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 shortlists were announced at a ceremony in Parkview, Johannesburg on May 12, 2018. The Sunday Times Literary Prize is…

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…

Artists In Residency Bellagio Center residency 2018 shortlist

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Seven African artists make Bellagio Residency 2018 shortlist

James Murua February 28, 2018 No Comments Adrian van Wyk Africa Centre Ayobami Adebayo Efemia Chela Mona Eltahawy Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Nick Mulgrew Noo Saro Wiwa Osasuyi Okungbowa Simone Haysom Sisonke Msimang Sylvia Vollenhoven Yemisi Aribisala

Mona Eltahawy, Sisonke Msimang, Yemisi Aribisala, Ayobami Adebayo, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, and Sylvia Vollenhoven are shortlistees for the Bellagio Residency in literature. The…

Book Events Kenya

Sisonke Msimang hosts unique storytelling performance in Nairobi

James Murua January 31, 2018 No Comments Sisonke Msimang

Writer and activist Sisonke Msimang was the host of a unique storytelling performance dubbed “Stories of Women and Girls: The Moth in Nairobi” at the…

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…