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Apartheid’s shadow, an artist’s light: Omar Badsha’s story
Omar Badsha’s journey from quiet observer to defiant artist in apartheid South Africa
Unhealthy racism and inequality
This is an edited extract from Nadine Dirks’s Hot Water, which explores living with a chronic illness
Of migrants and belonging
An edited extract from Buntu Siwisa’s book ‘Paperless’ about South Africans living and working illegally in Oxford, England
‘Joburg Noir’ extract: ‘Weep for Me, Willow’ by Fred Khumalo
Fred Khumalo’s contribution to Niq Mhlongo’s ‘Joburg Noir’ opens with a scene of five gangsters chilling around a braai
‘Explosion’ in black readership
Content that appeals to a market hungry for shared experiences drives a new growth in sales
The fight against the extinction of fiction
Jacana’s new imprint, Storied, will only publish African fiction in English, becoming the first to do so.