‘Wild Imperfections’ moves womanism forward
Compiled and edited by Natalia Molebatsi, Wild Imperfections opens up, enhances and expands Black feminism in new and liberating ways, flattening geography and privileging solidarity.
Stories by: Barbara Boswell
Book Review | ‘By the Fading Light’ by Ashraf Kagee
Set in Salt River just after the Sharpeville massacre, the novel provides an intimate portrait of boys becoming men, of family and the inescapable presence of the past.
Book Review | Remnants of Miriam Tlali
A new book excerpting the varied writings of the author sheds light on her writing, becoming part of an ongoing and necessary critical reappraisal of her literary legacy.
Tsitsi Dangarembga’s art and activism
The artist and activist elaborates on her work and the intricate, necessary relationship between her artistic production and political action in Zimbabwe.
Book Review | Those Who Live in Cages
Terry-Ann Adams pens a striking, sensitive and original debut, rendering the complex lives of women in Eldorado Park while turning a sharp eye on the structures that cage them.
Bessie Head opened Boswell’s head, heart and world
The author Barbara Boswell describes the profound impact her discovery of a Bessie Head novel had on her, as a black woman writer discovering spaces previously closed to her.