Teju Cole
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: Are we mourning ourselves, each other and this state we are in?
The author discusses the trilogy of novels that propelled her onto the Booker shortlist, and their relevance to present-day Zimbabwe
When bad reporting mirrors the thing it wants to criticise
The documentary film, The American Crusade in Africa, on Kony 2012 is a lesson in how not to fight simplification with more simplification.
New African literature is disrupting what Western presses prize
Books like Adichie’s “Americanah” and Gyasi’s “Homegoing” have confounded neat divisions between Western and African literary traditions.
Teju Cole essays a bid to break free of genre
Kwanele Sosibo explores Teju Cole’s genre-defying essay writing style
340ml, The Leftovers and Teju Cole are on our Lists
The Lists this week are compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and contributor Sihle Mthembu
A tale of two debuts
Recently ‘Discovered’ in the West, Teju Cole was already known elsewhere.