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Woza Moya
Maakomele R. Manaka revisits a soundtrack of his dreams, long
Cover Story
He's been described as the "founding father of African literature",
Sammy Baloji exhibition – ‘Mémoire’
'Mémoire' shows the heritage of colonial times and at the
Costa Diagne et
Les Hommes de la danse
par Gabrielle Chomentowski
CONFESSIONS OF A CLOSET SOYINKA PLAGIARIST
A letter from Ibadan by Harry Garuba
CHIMURENGA@20: IN PRAISE OF INDIGENOUS AFRICAN WORDFORM
Have African literary forms been lost in a morass of
I’M NOT WHO YOU THINK I’M NOT
Serubiri Moses reflects on Binyavanga Wainaina’s refusal to fit neatly
I am a homosexual, Mum
A lost chapter from One Day I Will Write About
CHIMURENGA@20: Midway Between Silence and Speech
The art and incarnation of Justine Gaga.
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LISTEN: SONGS FOR WINNIE BY A SEMBLANCE
LIVE ON PASS Thursday, 14 May 2026 from 7pm
POETS WITH GUNS: A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRIKURE CHIRIKURE
Achebe The Native Intellectual
It’s only a matter of acceleration now
Join Binyavanga Wainaina as he contemplates swimming, cosmology ...and interviews
WRITING AS AN ACT OF GENEROSITY
Mamadou Diallo reviews the state of language in Africa through
WHAT AFRICAN WRITERS CAN LEARN FROM CHEIKH ANTA DIOP
In a testament to Cheikh Anta Diop, Boubacar Boris Diop
The Pharaoh’s New Clothes
Its location, vocation, and publication intended to speak to a
How Could You Believe A Story Like That?
Stacy Hardy reviews Roberto Bolaño's 'Nazi Literature in the Americas'
WHY MUST A CHINESE WRITER WRITE ABOUT SEX
Robert Berold reviews Zhu Wen's 'I Love Dollars and Other