The Glory Land Book Club reviewed Ikenna Okeh’s Deportee at its August book review.
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Arts, Culture and Sport More Dambudzo Marechera letters – To Karen, Flora, Amelia and Samantha (Part 1)
What’s race got to do with it? Dambudzo Marechera channelled his Oxford swag, Rastaman aura and leftist virtue signalling to chat up White writer-types. His stated preference for White girlfriends has been brought up by critics who accuse him of misogyny towards Black women and disconnect from the African image.
Arts, Culture and Sport Hadraawi: the most famed poet in Somalia, the land of the poets
Poet, soldier and critic of postcolonial elites, Hadraawi was the greatest poet of his generation.
Politics and Society NoViolet Bulawayo’s new novel is an instant Zimbabwean classic
Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.
Arts, Culture and Sport “There are still literary islands in Africa” – Interview with Mozambican writers and curators David Bene and Mélio Tinga
OitentaNoventa is facilitating monthly conversations between writers born in the 1980s and 1990s with writers and industry actors they look up to from older generations. Founders and award-winning writers David Bene and Mélio Tinga share their progress with This Is Africa’s Onai Mushava.
Arts, Culture and Sport In conversation with Carl Terver: Kelvin Kellman on his poetry, politics, and art
Carl Terver spoke with the poet and writer Kelvin Kellman who recently concluded a residency as a James Currey fellow in Oxford University.
Arts, Culture and Sport The refreshing diversity of new Zimbabwean poetry
At a small press, the poetry series features easily recognisable names from showbiz and media, and few National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) recognitions. But the refreshing development is younger poets moving beyond pre-occupation with national politics to venture into themes like sexuality, philosophy and cultural memory. Sibonginkosi Nkala interviews three rising stars of Zimbabwean poetry.
Arts, Culture and Sport Wole Soyinka’s life of writing holds Nigeria up for scrutiny
Wole Soyinka’s writing has explored the same themes for decades.
Arts, Culture and Sport Drama that shaped Ngũgĩ’s writing and activism comes home to Kenya
Banned 45 years ago, and its author detained, the Gikuyu language play Ngaahika Ndeenda profoundly shaped the literary legend.