‘Chimurenga Chronic: Who Killed Kabila II’ sees memories of the past battle the future
It is a feat to have a Mass that draws from a rich but distorted past to create a new musical canon
Listening through that half-century of disks, the nature and scope of the trumpeter’s achievement becomes clear. Masekela had two early horn heroes.
Jazz and the fight for freedom were central to his life and poetry
For those who love and listen – really listen – the legacy of both men will live on equally in the music they made
“A mage’s name is better hidden than a herring in the sea, better guarded than a dragon’s den.” — Ursula K le Guin: A Wizard of Earthsea
New and welcome is McKinley’s meticulous marshalling of evidence to prove the point.
This unflinching description of slavery reminds us that the ugly underbelly of the US is still alive.
The award-winning author’s genre-bending ‘magic realism’ speaks to Nigerian lived experiences.
Power, revenge and metaphors fan the flames in Nnedi Okorafor’s superhuman novel