by ebrahim | Jun 27, 2017 | Books
[intro]This year on Africa Day, my co-editors and I launched volume 1 of the We Will Lead Africa book project in Johannesburg. The volume is an inspiring collection of the real-life stories of 30 everyday African leaders, in action for the prosperity of the...
by ebrahim | May 30, 2017 | Books
[intro]2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Shamima Shaikh, one of South Africa’s best- known Muslim women’s rights activist, notable Islamic feminist and journalist. An anthology of essays will be released next month at the Artscape to...
by ebrahim | Apr 26, 2017 | Books
[intro]Both Nadine Gordimer and Simon Gikandi have said that the publication of Things Fall Apart marks the invention of the African novel. True, there had been novels in Africa long before Chinua Achebe came on the scene. But the publication of Things Fall Apart is...
by ebrahim | Mar 28, 2017 | Books
Linda Fekisi [intro]In a combined book launch at the University of the Free State last month, two young authors showcased their work. Stacey Fru is only 10 years old and Reikantse Manaka is 12. These two bright minds blew the audience away with their fascinating books...
by ebrahim | Mar 28, 2017 | Books
[intro]Over the next few months, The Journalist will publish excerpts from Albie Sachs new book We, the People: Insights of an Activist Judge. In his latest book, the stalwart activist and former judge takes readers back to the broad-based popular foundations of the...
by ebrahim | Feb 21, 2017 | Books
[intro]Identity Interrogation is a commonplace experience for Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, a black African woman, who was born in Germany, grew up in Sierra Leone and studied in Canada and America. She has lived in Canada half of her life, but is still asked the question:...
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