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It Begins with a Place

t would be a very idiosyncratic Harlem! Years ago when

Asia in My Life

I have always felt the need for Africa, Asia and

The Spark of Life: Where Novels Come From

wani? Manuscript Project, Kwani Trust’s new literary prize for African

Ten Pieces of Advice for the Writing Life

Read to become a better writer. This sounds like “eat

Chimurenganyana: The Night Moses Died by Nicole Turner (June 2012)

A powerful, personal evocation of the late Afro-Jazz composer and

Chimurenganyana: Rumblin’ by Dominique Malaquais (June 2012)

A text and image reflection on the “Rumble in the

Chimurenganyana: In Search of Yambo Ouologuem by Christopher Wise (June 2012)

Yambo Ouologuem, Malian author, has been shrouded in mystery since

Chimurenganyana: The Making of Mannenberg by John Edwin Mason (June 2012)

On a winter’s day in 1974, a group of musicians

Chimurenganyana: The Forest & The Zoo by Aryan Kaganoff (June 2012)

Johnny Dyani offers a method to the Skanga in this

Chimurenganyana: Dr Satan’s Echo Chamber by Louise Chude-Sokei (June 2012)

Reggae, technology and the diaspora - the (un)making of Dr.

Chimurenganyana: 52 Niggers by Stacy Hardy (June 2012)

A word-sound investigation of Julius Eastman‘s caged negratas

Chimurenga 16 – The Chimurenga Chronicle (October 2011)

A once-off edition of a speculative, future-forward newspaper that travels

DIPALO a mixtape for those who practice counting

DIPALO: a mixtape for those who practice counting, composed, arranged

African Cities Reader II: Mobilities & Fixtures

The second installment of the Reader is centered on the

Sortir de la grande nuit. Essai sur l’Afrique décolonisée

« Sortir de la grande nuit. Essai sur l’Afrique décolonisée

Fifty Years Of African Decolonisation

In the half-century to come, one aspect of the role

Emerging from the Dark?

Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in

Sortir de la grande nuit. Essai sur l’Afrique décolonisée

Chimurenga 15 – The Curriculum Is Everything (June 2010)

Presented in the form of a textbook, Chimurenga 15 simultaneously

African Cities Reader I: Pan-African Practices

In the launch issue Rustum Kozain muses over the cultural

The Aesthetics Of Vulgarity

Chimurenganyana: In Defence of the Films We Have Made by Odia Ofeimun (2009)

Chimurenganyana: Variations of the Beautiful in the World of Congolese Sounds by Achille Mbembe (2009)

Chimurenganyana: Thinking of Brenda by Njabulo Ndebele (2009)

Chimurenganyana: Blood Money – A Douala Chronicle by Dominique Malaquais (2009)

Chimurenganyana: When You Kill Us, We Rule! by Keziah Jones (June 2009)

Chimurenganyana: A Silent Way: Routes of South African Jazz, 1946-1978 by Julian Jonker (June 2009)

Chimurenga 14 – Everyone Has Their Indian (April 2009)

This issue features words and images on the Third World

DJ SPOOKY AKA THAT SUBLIMINAL KID

On 15 December 2008, Chimurenga hosted DJ Spooky (a.k.a. That

Chimurenga 12/13 – Dr Satan’s Echo Chamber (Double-Issue March 2008)

A double-take on sci-fi and speculative writing from the African

CHIMURENGA SESSION: AFRICAN SPACE PROGRAM

A Chimurenga Session to launch Chimurenga Magazine Issue 12/13 -

Chimurenga 11 – Conversations with Poets Who Refuse to Speak (July 2007)

This issue is about silence, disappearing oneself as act. Though

Chimurenga 10 – Futbol, Politricks and Ostentatious Cripples (December 2006)

We scope the stadia, markets, ngandas and banlieues to spotlight

Chimurenga 9 – Conversations in Luanda, and Other Graphic Stories (June 2006)

For this one we trawled the globe for ink artists/wordists

Chimurenga 8 – We’re All Nigerian! (December 2005)

An exploration of a love-hate, admiration-envy, awe-disappointment relationship with “Nigerianess”;

CHIMURENGA SESSION: FELASOPHY

On 2 December 2005, Chimurenga hosted Felasophy for the launch

Chimurenga 7 – Kaapstad! (and Jozi, the night Moses died) (July 2005)

A collection of musings – in words, images and sounds

CHIMURENGA SESSION: KAAPSTAD! (AND JOZI, THE NIGHT MOSES DIED)

A Chimurenga Session to launch Chimurenga Magazine Issue 7 -

Chimurenga 6 – Orphans of Fanon (October 2004)

A series of conversations, real and imagined, on the “pitfalls

Chimurenga 5 – Head/Body(&Tools)/Corpses (April 2004)

An issue inspired by the life and work of Bessie

Chimurenga 4 – Black Gays & Mugabes (May 2003)

On desire and its discontents. Featuring a new adaptation of

Chimurenga 3 – Biko in Parliament (November 2002)

“Mandela was not the only head of state taken in

Chimurenga 2 – Dis-Covering Home [run nigga run] (July 2002)

Home, lost and found. Takes by Mahmood Mamdani, Julian Jonker,

Chimurenga 1 – Music is the Weapon (April 2002)

“…The struggle of black people inevitably appear in an intensely
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