The Abantu Festival 2016 set for 06 – 10 December in Soweto, South Africa have announced some of their guests and the lineup is epic. The Abantu Book Festival with Thando Mgqolozana as director and Panashe Chigumadzi as curator is organised under the theme, Our Stories. The new festival celebrates African stories through written and […]
The writers in the running for the 2016 South African Literary Awards 2016 were announced on 7th October 2016. The South African Literary Awards which are celebrating 11 years as an organisation announced those in the running for what is considered to be the most prestigious award ceremony going. The awards were founded by the […]
African writers like Ukamaka Olisakwe, Zukiswa Wanner, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and others are currently either in the middle of or headed to residencies galore. “Artist-in-residence programs and other residency opportunities exist to invite artists, academicians, curators, and all manner of creative people for a time and space away from their usual environment and obligations. They provide a […]
Angela Makholwa and Lerato Tshabalala were the featured guests at Rosa Parks Library Soweto on 10th August 2016. The Rosa Parks Memorial Library, named by the US embassy in honour of their human rights hero Rosa Parks, hosted two very different personalities as part of their women’s day celebrations. The two were Angela Makholwa and […]
Book: Black Widow Society Author: Angela Makholwa Publisher: Pan Macmillan Year of Publication: 2013 Number of pages: 278 Buy your own copy of Black Widow Society The last book I read by South African writer Angela Makholwa was The Thirtieth Candle and I nearly missed out on a major world carnival as I sat on […]
Book: The Thirtieth Candle Author: Angela Makholwa Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Fiction Buy your own copy of The 30th Candle I recently got an opportunity to visit one of the most beautiful places on the planet; The Island archipelago that is the Seychelles Islands where I got to cover the International Carnival in that town. […]
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