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Barbara Boswell’s new book inscribes Black womxn into the academy
On Africa day, 25 May 2020, we had a wonderful surprise for our followers. On Instagram live, Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane sat in conversation with award-winning author Barbara Boswell to discuss her first novel ‘Grace’ and to reveal the big surprise – Boswell’s new title. Boswell will be releasing her new title with Wits Press. The new […]
International
Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda: No Be From Hia
‘My book was inspired by my multicultural background – Zambian, Nigerian, Jamaican and British. I wrote it at a time when I was processing the loss of both sets of grandparents, whom I had visited in Nigeria and in my Zambian village, Chinsali.’ Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda In a search for identity, love and acceptance two […]
Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half
Cheeky Natives · Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half “The only difference between lying and acting was whether your audience was in on it, but it was all a performance just the same.” Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of […]
Conversations
QnA with Keletso Mopai
Writer Keletso Mopai, tackles mental health, queerness and the undeniable power of the Balobedu Rain Queen, in her short story collection. Keletso Mopai hails from Lenyenye, a township located 20km from Tzaneen, Limpopo. The township is well known as a place where Mamphela Ramphele was banished by the apartheid regime from 1977–1984. It is also […]
Barbara Boswell’s new book inscribes Black womxn into the academy
On Africa day, 25 May 2020, we had a wonderful surprise for our followers. On Instagram live, Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane sat in conversation with award-winning author Barbara Boswell to discuss her first novel ‘Grace’ and to reveal the big surprise – Boswell’s new title. Boswell will be releasing her new title with Wits Press. The new […]
The Finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards
This year OprahMag.com exclusively announced the finalists of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda has for 30 years honoured the LGBTQ community’s longstanding contribution to literature. This year’s nominees include some of our favourite writers at The Cheeky Natives. Nicole Dennis-Benn’s Patsy has been shortlisted for Lesbian fiction. We featured Nicole discussing this book […]
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The African Book Festival is going into the next round in Berlin on the 27th to 29th of May 2021
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In between patients, I got to join my teacher and one of the smartest women I know, Prof Loretta Ross in a webinar this week.
We both wore purple 💜🥺
ICYMI “White Supremacy is Global”
Link: https://fb.me/e/22zYw1Bwo
Every nurse & doctor in ec Sth, Hlth Mins etc, should watch this video esp Prof Loretta Ross & @drtlaleng, UN Sp Rapp. for ...physical & mental health :
White supremacy is global: https://fb.watch/4N_JSJX1WA/ via @FacebookWatch