Esinako Ndabeni

What kind of books does BlackBird Books publish? Find this out and more in a video chat feat. Thabiso Mahlape and Esinako Ndabeni

BlackBird Books recently launched a series of YouTube chats with your favourite authors!

The line-up for the 2018 Abantu Book Festival has been revealed!

The line-up for the third annual Abantu Book Festival has been announced.

Don’t miss the launch of Born to Kwaito by Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu with Mohale Mashigo at The Book Lounge

Join authors Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu as they take us on a trip down Kwaito lane at The Book Lounge.

Read an excerpt from Born to Kwaito – ‘Yizo Yizo: The Poetry of Dysfunction’ by Sihle Mthembu

‘Ronnie Nyakale virtually strangled Teboho when he auditioned for the part of Papa Action.’

Born to Kwaito book launch a roaring success

Born to Kwaito: Reflections on the Kwaito Generation, a new BlackBird Books publication by Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu, was launched at the SABC in Auckland Park on Thursday, 5 July 2018.

Don’t miss the Joburg launch of Born to Kwaito: Reflections on the Kwaito Generation

Save the date for the launch of Born to Kwaito, a new BlackBird Books publication by Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu.

Born To Kwaito: Reflections on the Kwaito Generation – considering the meaning of kwaito music

‘Born To Kwaito is not only an examination of the history of the music genre; it is also a revisit of the relationship we have with the music, its stars and their own relationship with their art and themselves.’ – Thabiso Mahlape, BlackBird Books publisher.