Blame Me On History
[hr] Atiyyah Khan is a writer, researcher and arts journalist based in Cape Town. She has been writing about music and culture in South Africa since 2008. She is also the co-founder of music collective Future Nostalgia, which hosts regular vinyl listening sessions around Cape Town. [hr] At the Cape Town launch of The Initiation, […]
The Sahara Is Not A Boundary
[hr] Stacy Hardy is a writer and senior editor at Chimurenga. She is also founding member of Black Ghost Books. Her collection of short fiction, Because the Night, was published by Pocko in 2015. [hr] I met the news that Ibrahim al-Koni was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize with mixed emotions. Elated […]
How To Cook Your Husband The African Way
[hr] Stacy Hardy is a writer and senior editor at Chimurenga. She is also founding member of Black Ghost Books. Her collection of short fiction, Because the Night, was published by Pocko in 2015. [hr] In an era where we should all be feminists, as Adichie tells us, or bad feminists, according to Roxane Gay, […]
A Letter from a Homeless Prodigal
[hr] Emeka Ugwu is a Data Analyst who lives in Lagos, Nigeria. He also reviews books at Wawa Book Review. [hr] Dear Reader, To Whom It May Concern. My name is Emeka Ugwu, I am a Wawa man. I write this letter to inform you about the state of affairs in the country where I […]
Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams: A history of creative writing instruction in East Africa[hr] From the earnest hustle of our elders in writing during the 1960s to the contemporary dreams of ubiquitous hustler writers, Billy Kahora* wonders about the place of creative writing programmes. [hr] Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s memoir, Birth of a Dream Weaver, describes a unique moment at the 1962 Makerere Conference for Literature that feels straight […]
[hr] From the earnest hustle of our elders in writing during the 1960s to the contemporary dreams of ubiquitous hustler writers, Billy Kahora* wonders about the place of creative writing programmes. [hr] Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s memoir, Birth of a Dream Weaver, describes a unique moment at the 1962 Makerere Conference for Literature that feels straight […]