“Mandela was not the only head of state taken in by Koagne. Le king kept snapshots of himself with many a man of power, among them Mobutu Sese Seko and Denis Sassou Nguesso […] He took Mobutu for 15 million dollars. Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso lost 40 million to him. Sassou, Etienne Eyadéma of Togo, several high officials of Gabon, Tanzania and Kenya, a member of the Spanish government and an ex-operative of the Israeli Mossad were bamboozled as well.” – Dominique Malaquais (Blood Money: A Douala Chronicle).
Bantu Serenade by Ntone Edjabe (featuring Nah-ee-lah) (read excerpt)
Santu Mofokeng: Trajectory of a street photographer (part1) (read excerpt)
Binyavanga Wainaina: Hell In Bed With Mrs Peprah (read excerpt)
Dominique Malaquais: Lindela (the winnie suite) (read excerpt)
Boubacar Boris Diop: Myriem (read excerpt)
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Zidedele Zibulalane! by Themba Qwabe (Bhiyoza Publishers, 2019)
Incwadi yeqoqo lezinkondlo ethi Zidedele Zibulalane iwumnikelo wezinkondlo zezimbongi ezinamagalelo emibhalweni yesiZulu. Ukucija nokugweba kwazo ngezimpondo zombili kucacile kuzo zonke izinkondlo ezibhalwe ngobuchule nangolimi olublabahlosie oluqukethe ubumbongi obungangatshazwa. Kuzona kukhona izimbongi zesilisa nezesifazane eziveza ukuhlwabusa kwemiqondo yazo nokujula ekubukeni kwazo ngehlo elijulile iziga nezinselelo zempilo ezibhekene nesizwe kanye nezwekazi lonke lase-Afrika kanye nomhlaba wonkana. Izimbongi zithinte izindikimba eziningi ezihlukahlukene okwenza incwadi yonke inone.
Zifundele uzizwele ubungcweti nokusuleka kolimi Iwaleyo naleyo mbongi enikele ngokuvuthwa komqondo wayo enkundleni yokujikijelana kwezimvava bese uzisholo nawe uthi, Zidedele Zibulalane!