
Jennifer Malec
Editor at The Johannesburg Review of Books
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1 week ago |
johannesburgreviewofbooks.com | Jennifer Malec
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, literary giant and cultural revolutionary, died on 28 May, 2025, aged eighty-seven. Ngũgĩ was one of Africa’s most influential literary voices, a tireless champion of indigenous languages and postcolonial identity, and a perennial favourite to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born on 5 January, 1938, in Kamirithu, a village north of Nairobi, Kenya.
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2 months ago |
johannesburgreviewofbooks.com | Jennifer Malec
Finuala Dowling • Hassana Moosa • Shayera Dark • Wamuwi Mbao • Sean Jacobs • Seitlhamo Thabo Motsapi • Sihle Ntuli • Megan Ross • Abigail George • Kris Van der Bijl • Victor Dlamini • Jennifer Malec • William Kentridge • Nigel C Gibson • Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani • Yanjanani L Banda • Onke Mazibuko • Ellah Wakatama • Joel Cabrita • Christa Kuljian • Sanya Osha • Lesego Linda Plank • Jessie Cooper Welcome to the first issue of Volume 9 of The Johannesburg Review of Books! In this issue, Finuala...
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2 months ago |
johannesburgreviewofbooks.com | Jennifer Malec
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2 months ago |
johannesburgreviewofbooks.com | Jennifer Malec
The Lions’ Den by Iris Mwanza is a historical thriller that reaches into many different corners of its characters’ lives, writes The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec. The Lion’s DenIris MwanzaCanongate, 2024The Lion’s Den, the debut novel by Zambian–American author Iris Mwanza, is described as a legal thriller, and like the best of its genre, it reaches into many different corners of its characters’ lives.
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Nov 14, 2024 |
johannesburgreviewofbooks.com | Jennifer Malec
Gabrielle Mudiwa has won the first ever Achmat Dangor Literary Prize, an award dedicated to nurturing young, previously disadvantaged writers working in all genres. The award was set up to enable a talented young writer to pursue an MA in Creative Writing at Wits, ensuring that the legacy of Achmat Dangor, the celebrated late South African writer and activist, endures.
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