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Today we bring you an excerpt from Roses and Bullets by Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, a love story set during the …
The Arab Spring One Year On: Eight Writers Reflect (Plus: Slideshow)
"Arab Spring", "Egyptian Revolution" and "Tahrir Square" are terms that we have come to associate firmly with the events of the past year, the inciting …
Book Excerpt: Sarah House by Ifeanyi Ajaegbo
Ifeanyi Ajaegbo's harrowing debut novel, Sarah House, was published by Picador Africa this month. Women24 has released an exclusive extract from the book, in which …
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Yesterday saw super sleuth Piet Byleveld become - in a rather dramatic turn of events - the target of murder convicted Donovan Moodley's application for a …
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Today we bring you an excerpt from Roses and Bullets by Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, a love story set during the …
Ifeanyi Ajaegbo's harrowing debut novel, Sarah House, was published by Picador Africa this month. Women24 has released an exclusive extract from the book, in which …
Gillian Slovo recently spoke to Lissa Christopher of the Sydney Morning Herald about her newly published book, An Honourable …
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Gallows Hill is the fourth in the Clare Hart series which has made Margie Orford one of this country’s most successful crime novelists. It follows the life of her Pieter-Louis Myburgh resenseer The Sea of Wise Insects deur Terry Westby-Nunn
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Phillippa Yaa de Villiers is a talented poet, writer and performer and her volume of poetry is a delicious word treat.
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Chris Wildblood has just released a book on the elusive desert elephants of the Kunene region in Northwest Namibia, titled The Realm of the Desert Elephant. In the following video, Jenny Morris Becomes First South African Chef to Host Series on the Food Network
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