I continue “Virtually Yours” my partnership with Goethe-Institut Namibia, a series of online discussions 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 discussions held once a month from October …
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October 6: African Literature and Publishing Platforms with Stanford University
From brick-and-mortar libraries to virtual magazines, cultural institutions provide vital infrastructure for the promotion of African literature. As audiences for African literature continue to grow, African creatives are pursuing increasingly innovative ways to celebrate local talent and foster global reading communities. Join us for a panel featuring three powerhouse figures in the literary world—Edwige-Renée Dro, …
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October 2: Black Photo Libraries launches
For years now, one of my favourite things to do as a writer is to see how the written word can interact with other art forms (I think the late photographer Alf Kumalo and I collaborating on the Mandela house biography 8115: A Prisoner’s Home back in 2010 or curating Artistic Encounters from 2016-2019 and …
September 25: Soma Nami Book Club meet up.
I spent time with members of the Soma Nami Book on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Soma Nami is a bookshop that exclusively sells books written by African writers founded by Muthoni Muiruri and Wendy Njoroge that opened in the Nairobi in August. It also has an monthly book club where members come and discuss the …
September 11: Virtually Yours with Rémy Ngamije
I continue “Virtually Yours” my partnership with Goethe Namibia, a series of online discussions 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 discussions held once a month from October …
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August 14: Virtually Yours with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
I continue “Virtually Yours” my partnership with Goethe Namibia, a series of online discussions 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 discussions held once a month from October …
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Video: Watch Artistic Encounters in Joburg
Artistic Encounters, the series I founded in 2017, returned with Mphuthumi Ntabeni and Malcolm Jiyane from Johannesburg, South Africa on June 15, 2021. Watch video of the session below;
July 17: Meet and Greet with Ethnikids
On Saturday, July 17, I will be a guest on Ethnikids at their “Meet The Author & Virtual Book Signing” where I will be reading from my new book The Black Pimpernel: Nelson Mandela on The Run. The session runs from 3pmGMT/4pmWAT/5pm CAT/6pmEAT. As it comes a day before Nelson Mandela Day, I kindly ask …
July 4: SA Festival of Children’s Fiction appearance
The SA Festival of Children’s Fiction featuring many writers of books for children runs online from 2-4th July. I will be a guest at the festival on Sunday, July 4. Please click here for details on how to join us.
July 12: Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa
I will be one of the guests at the tri-continental launch of the book, Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa, to be hosted by the African Studies Association Women’s Caucus on zoom on Monday July 12, at 4 PM SAST, 10 AM US EST and 10 PM AWST. The launch will feature …
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