Ernest Cole: South Africa’s most famous photobook has been republished after 55 years
PHOTOGRAPHER Ernest Cole was born in 1940 in the Pretoria township of Eersterust, just before apartheid was formally introduced in
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LITERATURE
Dear Comrade President: book highlights ANC leader Oliver Tambo’s role in preparing South Africa for democracy
MORE than three decades have passed since the apartheid government in South Africa unbanned the African National Congress (ANC), the
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For the love of books: This South African author, publisher is on a mission to get everyone reading
THEMED’Unlimited Africa’, the inaugural Gauteng International Book Festival, slated for 11 December in the historic township of Soweto, will feature book discussions, tree-planting activities, and live cooking of ‘shisanyama’ grilled meat.
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Corruption in South Africa: new book lifts the lid on who profits – and their corporate enablers
KEITH GOTTSCHALK THE new book The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity is welcome for the
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Koos Prinsloo: the cult Afrikaans writer has been translated to English – here’s a review
THERE are some writers you wish you had encountered years ago. There are some authors you only discover – for
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Juby Mayet, legendary South African writer and journalist, remembered through new book
SOUTH African writer Juby Mayet passed away in 2019 at the age of 82. She wrote her autobiography in 1997
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In conversation with award-winning Nigerian author and director of Ake festival Lola Shoneyin
FROM book festivals to funding, book apps to climate change, Shoneyin speaks to us about all the threads that weave Africa’s creative sector.
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Chibok kidnappings: why it’s important to listen to the survivors of Boko Haram terrorism
IN 2009 a once quiet local Salafi group called Boko Haram became increasingly violent in north-east Nigeria and border communities
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Corruption in South Africa: new book sets out how ruling ANC lost the battle
ONE of the greatest benefits of South Africa’s democracy is freedom of speech and publication. Mpumelelo Mkhabela’s book, The Enemy
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A South African university publisher makes it to 100. A rare and important event
Author BETH LE ROUX, Associate Professor, Publishing, University of Pretoria IN the past month, my email has served up two
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