Part 2 of 2: Hollywood star SEBATI MAFATE

Sebati Mafate

Hello friends! Donald Molosi here. I linked up with Hollywood actor-writer SEBATI MAFATE again to do the second half of our conversation about his latest sensational book, “MEMORIES OF LOTSANE.” I have read the book myself and recommend it to lovers of literature as well as to people who just simply enjoy good writing. The [...]

Vagina Dialogue: A Date with Eve Ensler

The poem Vagina Dialogue: A Date with Eve Ensler was first published by ‘Sea Breeze: Journal of Contemporary Liberian Writing‘ in 2006.   Sea Breeze which is edited by Stephanie Horton  was one of the first online literary journals on the continent.  The journal has a 7 year archive of must read radical and feminist [...]

” Calling out liberal gospels” Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Kenyan performance poet and activist, Shailja Patel first introduces Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and then goes on to interview her. They discuss the ‘lecture circuit’, self-examination and reflection- speaking of the self but not speaking of the self. I watched this lecture and I recall Shailja’s question – a far cry from the ostentatious narcism that [...]

The Parameters of Longing

I will argue for a new literary order. Suppose we call this ‘neo-literariness’, for want of a better word, and because in hyphenation a word acquires two identities. So, neo-literariness is the word to use for a generation of writers and enthusiasts who function despite institutional lapses, and whose artistic engagement thrives of new ways [...]

Lists: Books

AA

Its that time of year when the various forms of media are filled with endless lists of the “best of” the year. I usually try to push against following the crowd but this particular list is worthy of repeating “The Alternative, The Underground, The Oh-Yes-That-One List of Favorite Books of 2011” I start with my [...]

How I Earned the Right to Speak about Anything

It is hard, as I am sure most writers know, to efface the person, render it impotent in the face of the writing life. Who I am always haunts my writing; and this is why and how I argue that I have earned the right to speak about anything – and you might want to [...]

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