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News 2012/06/11

LIT GLITZ: Literary Fashionista

Literary fashionistas are, rather surprisingly, a rare species. But J. K. Rowlings, the multimillionaire novelist wore this green Osca de la Renta gown peppered with pink flowers during the premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It just so happened that a few months before Rihanna had the white and more fitted version of the […]

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Features 2012/06/06

Geisha Goddess

The Princess of China video was released a few days ago. In the video, Rihanna and Chris Martin star as warrior-lovers in an old kungfu movie trailer. For a music video, Princess of China is kinda cinematically cool. Rihanna looks divine in some pretty badass geisha-inspired costumes. And Chris looks the hottest he’s ever been. Draped […]

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Features 2012/05/14

Coldplay and the Kungfu Princess

When the behind-the-scene video is cool enough to be an official video, you know it’s all going to be worth the wait. “Princess of China” is a song from Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto album. I’ve read enough fairytales to expect princesses to have their castles, ball gowns, and enchanted rings. But it’s Rihanna and she’s the Princess […]

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Features 2018/09/25

Photos from the 2018 Open Book Festival in Cape Town

Open Book Festival 2018. Photo credit: Bulumko Gana.

The 2018 Open Book Festival took place from 5-9 September, in Cape Town: event centres included The Fugard Theatre, The District 6 […]

Features 2018/09/25

Chimamanda’s Workshop Returns as the Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop, Sponsored by Trace Nigeria | How to Apply

chimamanda adichie - Carrie Mae Weems. Styled by Malina Joseph Gilchrist

In 2017, in what should have been its tenth edition, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie announced that her annual workshop would not […]

Features 2018/09/25

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s The Terrible | Model-Turned-Poet’s Memoir Is Part Prose, Part Verse

Yrsa Daley-Ward. Photo credit: Laurel Grolio, for Girls At Library.

Behind the rise of Instagram poet-model-actress-queer activist Yrsa Daley-Ward is an inspiring story. Born to a Nigerian father and a […]

Features 2018/09/25

Bakwa Magazine Releases Issue 08: PAIN

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Bakwa magazine has released its eighth issue, themed PAIN. Founded in 2011 by Dzekashu MacViban, Bakwa magazine is Cameroon’s leading Anglophone publication of […]

Features 2018/09/22

Teju Cole Joins Harvard’s Department of English as Gore Vidal Professor of Creative Writing

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Teju Cole has joined Harvard University’s Department of English as the Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing. […]

Features 2018/09/22

Always Another Country | Sisonke Msimang’s North America Book Tour

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Last October, Sisonke Msimang’s debut memoir Always Another Country was published by Jonathan Ball Publishers in South Africa. The account of […]