Africa
Thursday – 2nd August 2018
Hold – an intimate, powerful coming-of-age debut novel set in Ghana and London by Michael Donkor
Moving between Ghana and London, Michael Donkor’s debut novel Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go.
Don’t miss Panashe Chigumadzi at African Flavour Books for the launch These Bones Will Rise Again
African Flavour Books and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
Wednesday – 1st August 2018
Don’t miss the Polokwane launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book These Bones Will Rise Again
Jacana Media invite you to the Polokwane launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
Tuesday – 31st July 2018
Don’t miss the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book These Bones Will Rise Again at Exclusive Books Brooklyn in Pretoria
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books Brooklyn Mall invite you to the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
New book alert! Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s debut novel The Theory of Flight
The Theory of Flight by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu is out now from Penguin Random House!
Friday – 27th July 2018
House of Stone – Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s unflinching epic about the fall of Rhodesia and the turbulent birth of Zimbabwe
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s House of Stone is a masterful, haunting debut set during the tumultuous beginnings of Zimbabwe that explores the creative – and often destructive – act of history-making.
Wednesday – 25th July 2018
Listen to an excerpt from The Hunters by Kat Gordon – a seductive, troubling journey into Britain’s colonial past
The Hunters by Kat Gordon is a sweeping, coming-of-age story set against the richly atmospheric backdrop of colonial Kenya in the 1920s.
Monday – 23rd July 2018
Ijangolet S Ogwang will be in conversation with iThala Book Club about her debut novel An Image in a Mirror
iThala Book Club will be in conversation with Ijangolet S Ogwang about her debut novel An Image in a Mirror!
Thursday – 19th July 2018
Bessie Head: A writer searching for connections
Bessie Head was a prolific letter writer, and was in regular correspondence with figures such as Langston Hughes, Robert Sobukwe and Alice Walker. She is also known to have written to Toni Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, Nikki Giovanni, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
Tuesday – 17th July 2018
The Night My Dead Girlfriend Called
As the 22nd century Nigeria becomes divided by the plan of the government to introduce law enforcement robots into the police services, Badoo, a young police officer gets a phone call from his dead girlfriend.
Thursday – 12th July 2018
Jacana Media acquires Southern African rights for Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again
Jacana Media has announced a southern African rights agreement with Panashe Chigumadzi for her new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
Reunited with her family on the Oprah show – Read an excerpt from The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
‘I’d fantasised about this moment so many times. In Malawi, I used to write my name in dust on trucks, hoping my mother would see my loopy cursive Clemantine and realise that I was alive.’
Monday – 9th July 2018
Coming in August, An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the Herd Taught Me About Love, Courage and Survival
An Elephant in My Kitchen is the powerful and moving sequel to the bestselling The Elephant Whisperer.
Thursday – 28th June 2018
She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak – a timely and much-needed collection
She Called Me Woman is a collection of first-hand accounts by a community telling their stories on their own terms.
Wednesday – 27th June 2018
Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology closing date extended to 31 August 2018
The Jacana Literary Foundation has extended the deadline for the Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology, which honours African writing and photography that ‘provokes thought on the topics of gender, social justice and sexuality’.
Tuesday – 26th June 2018
Bom Boy, Yewande Omotoso’s first novel, to be published in the US in January 2019
Yewande Omotoso’s debut novel Bom Boy will be published in the United States by Catalyst Press in January 2019. Catalyst Press is an …
Thursday – 21st June 2018
Nigerian writer Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor wins 2017 Short Story Day Africa Prize
The winners of the Short Story Day Africa Prize have been announced!
Monday – 18th June 2018
The Night My Dead Girlfriend Called
A bereaved lover gets a call from his dead girlfriend, and then floods of questions.
Thursday – 14th June 2018
Courage, love and freedom in precolonial Ghana: The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah
Set in precolonial Ghana, The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah is a story of courage, forgiveness, love and freedom.
Wednesday – 13th June 2018
Kasali’s Africa by Feyisayo Anjorin
A farmer in a small town, living like a dictator in his home, and a president determined to hold on to power against all odds.