Africa

Thursday – 2nd August 2018

Details of Panashe Chigumadzi’s South African author tour for her new book These Bones Will Rise Again

A timeous book, with Zimbabwe’s elections having taken place on 30 July, These Bones Will Rise Again responds to the November 2017 ousting of Robert Mugabe, exploring events leading up to the ‘coup not coup’ that brought his 37-year rule to an end.

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’.