Edinburgh Review 118: Voices of Africa

As well as presenting new work from writers including Jack Mapanje, Fred D'Aguiar and Gabriel Gidi, Voices of Africa showcases material generated by the 'Crossing Borders' project, the brainchild of Graham Mort,whose essay sets out its genesis and development.

FICTION

Dear Honourable Member
Gabriel Gidi

Aciro's Song
Jackee Budesta Batanda

It is Well in My Soul
Wame Molefhe

Election Day
Christopher Mlalazi

Double Shame
Beatrice Fri Bime

Over the Garden Wall
Linda Cracknell

Losing Jacarandas
Hester Ross

POETRY

Jack Mapanje
Fred D'Aguiar
Beverley Naidoo
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers
Dorian Haarhoff
Graham Mort
Meg Peacocke
John Lindley
Beth Webb
Graham Fulton
Henning Pieterse

ARTICLES

Crossing Borders
Graham Mort

Zimbabwe Through Its Writers
Martin Goodman

Let There Be Light
G.P. Kennedy

'No One Can Shave Your Head In Your Absence': Scotland and Malawi Today
Kenneth R. Ross

Multiple Visions: An Introduction to African Cinema
Lizelle Bisschoff

REVIEWS

Margaret Beveridge
Bernard Crick
Robert Alan Jamieson
Stephen Lackaye
Michael Lister

Matthew McGuire
Amanda Moody
Lauren Pope
Piotr Wesolowski


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