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2017 Abantu Book Festival. Going forward the festival is making connections with Africa’s authors, publishers and literary aficionados with a seemingly planned intentionality for northern expansion. Photo: Mmuso Mafisa
ABANTU BOOK FESTIVAL

The Pan-African focus of Abantu’s 2018 festival draws from a future past

The festival is making connections with Africa’s authors, publishers and literary aficionados with plans for northern expansion.

  • Mbali Sikakana
9 min read
Afro-modern literature reflects the pluralities that this generation of Africa’s emerging writers live with. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
AFRO MODERN

The literary echoes of the Afro-modern

"Africa’s emerging literary voices are full of pluralities, reflecting what this generation performs and undertakes."

  • Chaze Matakala
4 min read