Zalika Reid-Benta

Jul 22, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Zalika Reid-Benta

Tymika Tafari narrates an urban fantasy set in Toronto that is infused with Jamaican history, mythology, and religion. Sent on a quest by the goddess River Mumma to retrieve a stolen object, Alicia and her friends, Heaven and Mars, race against an impossible deadline. Tafari portrays River Mumma as haughty and capricious, but her deep and lasting connection to Alicia and her ancestors shines through.

Jul 18, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Charmaine Wilkerson |Leone Ross |Maisy Card |Zalika Reid-Benta

Reading Lists Ishi Robinson recommends stories about class, colonialism, religion, and history Growing up in Jamaica, my family and I went to the beach every Sunday, eating fried fish and fluffy, airy dumplings, swimming in water so crystal clear it looked like diamonds sparkled on it. We’d come home sunburned and windswept, and we’d sleep well that night, our energy completely sapped by the sun. The next day, we’d get back to work. Back to boring insurance jobs (no offense to those with...

Nov 17, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jamaica Kincaid |Zalika Reid-Benta

Donna Bailey Nurse recommends 2 novels with Caribbean river deity figures | CBC Radio LoadedThe Next ChapterThe Next Chapter columnist discusses books by Jamaica Kincaid and Zalika Reid-Benta. The Next Chapter columnist Donna Bailey Nurse, a Toronto-based writer and literary critic is a longtime champion of Black women writers. She stopped by The Next Chapter to recommend two novels that compliment each other, one older and one recent: Jamaica Kincaid's and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma.

Oct 4, 2023 | maisonneuve.org | Zalika Reid-Benta

Also in this issueBaby Tumbles SurpriseThe story is something of a legend in my family. It's been told so many times it's taken on a mythical quality: a great storm, a valiant hero, a quest into the great unknown. My mother transforms whenever she tells it: when she wants to communicate emphasis, oh how she arches her back so; how she makes large, sweeping gestures with her hands, as if she's telling tales about Anansi the Spider and his trickster ways, or about the rebel, Three-Fingered Jack.