The guest list for Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 has been unveiled. The festival curated by writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga runs from April 4-7,…
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Tag: Thando Mgqolozana
Thando Mgqolozana written film Inxeba gets Oscar nomination
Inxeba (The Wound), co-written by Thando Mgqolozana, is one of the nine films shortlisted for the 90th Academy Awards Foreign Language Film category. It’s been…
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Abantu Book Festival 2017 is here!
After a year of pining away remembering the good times, South African literary scene enthusiasts are now excited as the Abantu Book Festival kicks off…
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Mgqolozana, Mabanckou, Golakai make New African’s 100 Most Influential Africans 2016 List
The New African’s 100 most influential Africans list 2016 include a healthy number of those in the book business from all corners of the continent.…
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Thando Mgqolozana-powered Time of the Writer 2016 set to slay
The 19th Time of The Writer festival under the theme Decolonising The Book is set to happen 14 to 19 March in Durban, South Africa.…
View More Thando Mgqolozana-powered Time of the Writer 2016 set to slayThe Kulture Book Fair is coming (give us your books)
So a few months ago, Thando Mgqolozana was all the rage in South African literature scene. While we all love him for his books, the…
View More The Kulture Book Fair is coming (give us your books)South African writers support their strays with new anthology
In 1985, American artists led by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie came up with a song called We Are The World to help the people…
View More South African writers support their strays with new anthologyImages from #longstorySHORT with Thando Mgqolozana and Prof Keorapetse Kgositsile
The #longstorySHORT project is one that tries to bring life to literature by having some of the best storytellers told by some of those who…
View More Images from #longstorySHORT with Thando Mgqolozana and Prof Keorapetse KgositsileThando Mgqolozana story to be read at Long Story Short event
The fourth in the series of public readings that is the #longstorySHORT project that we love so much will be happening tomorrow at the Es’kia…
View More Thando Mgqolozana story to be read at Long Story Short eventKagiso Lesego Molope weighs in on the Franschhoek Lit Fest Debacle
In the last few days, the South African literary community has been having one of those moments. It started when author Thando Mgqolozana announced that…
View More Kagiso Lesego Molope weighs in on the Franschhoek Lit Fest DebacleA snapshot of the Time of the Writer 2015
It was all happening at the from when a whole bunch of writers converged at Durban, South Africa on 16-21 March. This bunch of writers…
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Thando Mgqolozana’s Epic Easter Facebook Status
It was an epic Good Friday from some folks. Thando Mgqolozana, author of A Man Who is Not a Man, Hear Me Alone and Un-importance,…
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As mentioned earlier the Open Book Festival happened in mid September. The folks at the festival have been kind enough to send me a few…
View More Images from the Cape Town’s Open Book Festival 2014A review of Unimportance by Thando Mgqolozana
Book: Unimportance Author: Thando Mgqolozana Publisher: Jacana Media Year of publication: 2014 Number of pages: 146 South African writer Thando Mgqolozana is well known for…
View More A review of Unimportance by Thando MgqolozanaThando Mgqolozana newest book Un-importance out
South African writer Thando Mgqolozana burst onto the African literary scene in 2009 with his debut novel A Man is Not A Man published by…
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