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New book alert! Ambivalent: Photography and Visibility in African History
Ambivalent: Photography and Visibility in African History will be published soon by Jacana Media.
BirdLife South Africa honours ‘Forgotten Scientist’ Saul Sithole with the Saul Sithole Memorial Library
Lorato Trok’s book The Forgotten Scientist: The Story of Saul Sithole tells the story of a pioneering black scientist whose great contribution to the fields of anthropology and ornithology in South Africa has been ignored and largely forgotten.
New book alert! A new edition of Sol Plaatje’s seminal novel Mhudi, with an Introduction by Sabata-mpho Mokae
A new edition of Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi, with an Introduction by Sabata-mpho Mokae, will be out soon from Jacana Media.
New book by Nthikeng Mohlele announced! (PLUS new edition of Small Things)
A new book of short stories by Nthikeng Mohlele will be published by Jacana Media in October 2021!
New book alert! Rethinking Africa: Indigenous Women Re-Interpret Southern Africa’s Pasts
Rethinking Africa: Indigenous Women Re-Interpret Southern Africa’s Pasts, edited by Bernedette Muthien and June Bam, is out in May 2021 from Jacana Media!
Jacana Conversation: Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi – celebrating the centenary of one of Africa’s earliest novels (19 May)
As part of its Africa Month celebrations, Jacana Media invite you to a discussion of Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi.
Book clubs, get excited! Jacana Media is offering a 50% discount for Africa Month
Book clubs – passion pays off! Jacana Media is celebrating Africa Month, and celebrating you.
10 entirely African essential reads for Africa Month, from Jacana Media – 30% off
Get 30% discount off the retail price, and free delivery within South Africa, on these 10 Africa Month reads, from Jacana Media.
Will this be the most explosive book launch of the year?
Ebrahim Harvey attacks the ANC in his ‘tour de force’ of a book The Great Pretenders: Race and Class under ANC Rule.
The a Wind Blew by Kay Powell
Then a Wind Blew is set in the final months of the war in Rhodesia, before it became Zimbabwe, and the story unfolds through the voices of three women.
2021 Sunday Times/CNA Literary Awards longlists announced
South Africa’s most prestigious literary awards are back with two thrilling fiction and non-fiction longlists, and a dedicated new sponsor.
Profiting from Misery: Don’t miss a Jacana Conversation in partnership with Open Secrets
Profiting from Misery: Open Secrets investigates the corporations and politicians who make money from corrupt arms deals and war crimes and how we can hold them to account.
Don’t miss the launch of The Great Pretenders – a stinging critique of the ANC by veteran political analyst Ebrahim Harvey (5 May)
Join Ebrahim Harvey, author of The Great Pretenders: Race and Class under ANC Rule, in a Don’t Shut Up Jacana Conversation.
Watch Rešoketšwe Manenzhe in conversation with Jennifer Malec about her award-winning novel Scatterlings
Rešoketšwe Manenzhe chatted to Jennifer Malec recently about her debut novel Scatterlings.
By the Fading Light – don’t miss author Ashraf Kagee in conversation with Rehana Rossouw (14 Apr)
Award-winning author Ashraf Kagee’s second novel, By the Fading Light, tells a dazzling tale of the loss of innocence.
Dreams can become enemies: One-on-one with debut author Rešoketšwe Manenzhe about her award-winning novel Scatterlings (13 Apr)
Join Rešoketšwe Manenzhe for a conversation about her novel Scatterlings!
Join Rob Little for the virtual launch of his new book Gamebirds of Africa: Guineafowls, Francolins, Spurfowls, Quails, Sandgrouse and Snipes (29 Mar)
Join Rob Little, author of Gamebirds of Africa, and Steve Boyes, Executive Chairman of the Wild Bird Trust, as they introduce you to the fascinating guineafowls, francolins, spurfowls, quails, sandgrouse and snipes of Africa that are presented in this definitive new handbook.
Join Alon Skuy and James Oatway for a conversation about their new book [BR]OTHER and the issue of rising xenophobia in South Africa (23 Mar)
Join Jacana Media for a conversation about xenophobia, which will mark the publication of [BR]OTHER by Alon Skuy and James Oatway.
How will we remember Covid-19? Join Howard Phillips to find out what previous outbreaks in South Africa tell us about pandemic memories (16 Mar)
Join Jacana Media, with author Emeritus Professor Howard Phillips, a specialist in the social history of medicine, especially in respect of pandemics, and Bhekisisa editor-in-chief Mia Malan on our Don’t Shut Up Conversation series as they try to use past pandemics in South Africa to illuminate the Covid-19 pandemic.
Join Adekeye Adebajo for the launch of his novella The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes, with John Kani and Rebecca Davis (18 Mar)
Join Jacana Media and The Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation to celebrate the launch of Adekeye Adebajo’s new book The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes.