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Lauren Beukes’s ‘Zoo City’ comes to life in the urban jungle
An exhibition based on Lauren Beukes’s "Zoo City" taps into the gritty energy of Jo’burg while exploring the concept of the human and urban animal.
The bookseller of Kibera
Khaleb Omondi struggled to build up his bookshop in Nairobi’s notorious slum. Caroline Wanjiku Kihato ?tells a story of life against the odds.
Thousands to pay tribute to Chinua Achebe at memorial
The memorial for Chinua Achebe is expected to draw thousands as mourners prepare to pay their respects to "the father of modern African literature".
Achebe’s anti-colonial novels still relevant today
Novelist Chinua Achebe’s writing has traced the dehumanising effects of the western cultural arrogance still at work today in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Founding father of African fiction Chinua Achebe dies
Chinua Achebe, who has died aged 82, was Africa’s best-known novelist and the founding father of African fiction.
SA’s best wines on a Platter
The latest guide to South African wines might have some flaws, but it sets an international standard.
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Uproar over first German post-war reprint of Mein Kampf
Academics say the time has come for some of the taboos surrounding Hitler’s book in Germany to fall.
Snakes and ladders of worrying about leaks
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe wailed on Monday about national executive committee (NEC) members being "snakes" and a "fifth column.
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City meets celluloid
Film rights to Lauren Beukes’s <i>Zoo City</i> have been awarded to a local producer. We spoke to Beukes about adapting her award-winning novel.
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Dark city
Award-winning author <b>Lauren Beukes</b> visits the art exhibition inspired by her novel.
Paddling in Papua
Tiny fish flashed across the bows of our yellow kayaks as we paddled across a tropical sea. Our destination was a sliver of white sand.
Blood, blood everywhere
The sense of terror is visceral and unrelenting in a dark thriller about tragedy and horror in Peru.
The evolution of democracy
In his new book, <em>The Origins of Political Order</em>, the author of the <em>The End of History</em> explores how countries ‘get to Denmark.’
Ombud dismisses Mbalula’s complaint against the M&G
The press ombud has dismissed a complaint against the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> arising from an article about Brett Kebble coaching Fikile Mbalula.
Whose story is it anyway?
<i>Diepsloot</i> could open much-needed discussion on whites writing about the black condition.
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Letters to the Editor: June 10
Our readers share their thoughts on Anton Harber’s book <i>Diepsloot</i>, Albertina Sisulu and more.
Diepsloot: The book
Apartheid-style housing in a post-apartheid township: <strong>Anton Harber</strong> talks to the <em>M&G</em> about his book, <i>Diepsloot</i>.
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Somalis drag bodies through streets
The body of a fighter who appeared to be a member of the AU’s peacekeeping mission was pulled through Somali streets by a rope on Thursday.
Behind all the monkey business
<b>Gwen Ansell </b>talks genres and urban fictions with Lauren Beukes, winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award for her ‘muti noir’ novel <i>Zoo City</i>.
Science fiction’s Very Big Deal
South African author Lauren Beukes speaks to the <i>M&G</i> about winning the Arthur C Clarke Award.
Modest prize for prestigious writing award
South African author Lauren Beukes will receive exactly £2011, the same figure as the current year, after winning the Arthur C Clarke Award.
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We can be moral without God
Science, which usually claims to be morally neutral, could help to compute our moral instincts
Brett Kebble resurrected
Radio journalist Mandy Wiener opens the door to South Africa’s underworld.
Safe crossings from birth to death
Etienne van Heerden’s acclaimed novel, <i>30 Nagte in Amsterdam</i>, is now published in English, translated by Michiel Heyns.
Learning comes together
Involving parents and children in a single project benefits both.
Mandela, still the enigma
<i>Conversations with Myself</i> yields some new facts but few personal details.
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Jackie, finish and klaar
An extract from <i>M&G</i> Centre for Investigative Journalism associate partner Adriaan Basson’s book on defeated former top cop Jackie Selebi.
New Mandela memoir goes on sale
A book painting an intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela went on sale Tuesday, offering readers a personal look at the revered figure.
Not my type
<b>Maureen Brady</b> reviews <i>Caves of the Ape-men:South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site</i>
Bland maturity meets poverty of imagination
If you read <i>Freedom</i> (to the end) and feel the future is Starbucks and McDonald’s, try to hang in there.
A force to be thankful for
Bessie Head’s iconic novels <i>When Rain Clouds Gather</i> and <i>Maru</i> have recently been reissued.
