Tag: Pumla Gqola
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Zukiswa Wanner reviews A Renegade Called Simphiwe by Pumla Dineo Gqola
Book: A Renegade Called SimphiweAuthor: Pumla Dineo GqolaPublisher: Jacana MediaNumber of pages: 180Year of Publication: 2013 Simphiwe Dana is perhaps one of the better known musicians from South Africa under 40. Often compared to musicians like Ringo Madlingozi and the late Miriam Makeba, the young artist has won many awards with her three albums as…
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Pumla Dineo Gqola to launch “A Renegade Called Simphiwe” in Nairobi
I recently mentioned that the Associate Professor of African Literary and Gender Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand Pumla Dineo Gqola is chair of the new Etisalat Prize for African writing. This was just before she unleashed her latest work “A renegade called Simphiwe.” This book is a series of essays focusing on Simphiwe…
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Pumla Gqola book A Rebel Called Simphiwe now in stores
Just after being appointed the chair of the new Etisalat Prize for African writing Wits University professor Pumla Gqola’s latest book A renegade called Simphiwe is now in South African stores. The book is set to be launched in Johannesburg on the fourth of July. The book is a look at South African singer and…
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Introducing the Etisalat Africa prize for literature
Alrighty folks. Here is another prize for you to try and get your mitts on if you fancy yourself a writer of no mean repute. Wednesday saw the introduction of the Etisalat Prize for African Literature in Lagos Nigeria. Yes, the Nigeria that beat our Harambee Stars at the football yesterday. This new prize from…