Zukiswa Wanner is a South African writer, editor, and publisher born in Zambia, raised in Zimbabwe and currently based in Kenya but who considers the whole African continent her home. Her debut novel, The Madams (2006), was shortlisted for the 2007 K.Sello Duiker Award in 2007. Her third novel Men of the South (2010) was shortlisted for the Commonwealth …
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April 10: Virtually Yours with Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
I continue my partnership with Goethe Namibia called Virtually Yours which is a series of online discussions – Virtual Gatherings – with contemporary authors from Africa. Virtually Yours aims to create an online platform for avid readers, writers, academics, publishers, agents, and anyone else interested in literature by writers from Africa. The series of online …
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The Writer’s Voice in a Political, Social and Artistically-Conscious World
In this 24th year of Time of the Writer Festival as we face a global pandemic for the second year, it seemed important that as I looked at the larger festival theme The Writer: Witness, Canary in the Mine or Testifier, I focus too on the writer’s voice in a political, social and artistically-conscious world. …
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March 13: Virtually Yours with Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda
I continue my partnership with Goethe Namibia called Virtually Yours which is a series of online discussions – Virtual Gatherings – with contemporary authors from Africa. Virtually Yours aims to create an online platform for avid readers, writers, academics, publishers, agents, and anyone else interested in literature by writers from Africa. The series of online …
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December 18: With Angela Makholwa in Eswatini
On Friday 18 December 2020, internationally acclaimed South African writers Angela Makholwa and Zukiswa Wanner will talk with book lovers from eSwatini about their new works at the Wine Boutique in Ezulwini from 5.30pm until 7.30pm. Angela Makholwa will read from her latest and fifth novel, Critical But Stable, a fascinating story of the long …
New African Most Influential Africans 2020
I have been named on the New African Most Influential Africans 2020. New African is an English-language monthly news magazine, “the bestselling pan-African magazine” that has been published since 1966. One of the magazine’s most anticipated honours is its annual “Most Influential Africans 2020” which started in 2011. The annual lists have celebrated the best …
Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year 2020
This year, I have been named the Brittlepaper African Literary Person of the Year 2020. Brittle Paper is a leading resource for African literature on the web and the Ainehi Edoro-Glines founded publication has this year named me their African Literary Person of the Year. Here is part of the citation for their submission; Brittle …
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October 22-25: Ake Festival 2020
Now in its 8th year, Ake Arts & Book Festival has brought over 700 artists, writers, poets, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, actors, filmmakers and thinkers together to dialogue and celebrate creativity on the African continent through panel discussions, art exhibitions, workshops, storytelling, book chats, poetry performances, a concert, stage play and unforgettable films. I will be …
October 23: Representing Africa with the New Daughters
A discussion on African representation in education, art, and literature. To mark the paperback release of the pivotal anthology New Daughters of Africa, contributors Anni Domingo, Ade Solanke, Goretti Kyomeuhendo, and Zukiswa Wanner join Lavinya Stennett to discuss their perspectives on African representation in education, art, and literature. We will also hear readings from the …
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October 10: Virtually Yours with Niq Mhlongo
I have started a new series with Goethe Namibia called Virtually Yours which is a series of online discussions – Virtual Gatherings – with contemporary authors from Africa. Virtually Yours aims to create an online platform for avid readers, writers, academics, publishers, agents, and anyone else interested in literature by writers from Africa. The series …
September 12/13: South African Book Fair 2020
I am one of the featured speakers at this year’s South African Book Fair which runs from September 11-13, 2020. Join me at the following sessions. Saturday, September 12, 2020 Collecting From Afar: Stories Full Of Home How do perceptions change and how are stories shaped when you leave home? Join writers Sisonke Msimang (Always …