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We were out at @mpushntabeni’s launch of his latest offering, Multitudes!

African writers spend years honing their craft, win the prize, and then get told a machine must have written it. We've seen this film before. Critique the work, by all means. But "too good to be his" is not literary criticism. We stand with Simbarashe Kundizeza. #CainePrize

🎙️ Jessica Horn on Feminist Practice: memory, mercy, pleasure as politics, and the reward for being a bad, ungovernable woman? Freedom. Pagecast x Cheeky Natives, OBF 2026. piped.video/qlS-xcJo_3g?si=0Kpy…

🎙️ I.O. Echeruo on Comfort of Distant Stars: a forgotten Igbo sun god, madness as a numbers game, and yes, he picked Ghanaian jollof on the record. Pagecast x Cheeky Natives at Open Book Festival 2026. piped.video/txCwcmzoGr0?si=Gqg6…

We're talking to Selali Fiamanya about his debut novel Before We Hit the Ground, a story of belonging, family, and the choices that shape a life, set across Ghana and Scotland. 📍 The Artistry, Sandton 🗓 8 September | 18:30 🎟 Free entry RSVP: Maryam@jbp.co.za Pull up. 📚

🎙️Cheeky Friday🎙️ “What happens when a celebrated freedom fighter is a complicated mother?” Watch now: piped.video/b6J6eujl64s?si=Inv8…

Our latest episode features Kagiso Lesego Molope. Please watch it as you enjoy your Sunday.

Book lovers, we can’t wait to see you in Cape Town at Open Book. Here’s your festival guide highlighting where to catch your favourite Jacana authors and get your must-reads signed. @OpenBookFest

Oh it’s Friday! I loved the book and talking to Kagiso about was everything! Watch and let us know what you think

We're sitting down with Selali Fiamanya at Artistry to talk about his debut novel "Before We Hit the Ground," belonging, Ghana, Scotland, and the choices that make us. Come through. RSVP at thisisartistry.co.za 📚

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I've been looking forward to this one. Before We Hit the Ground unsettled something deep in me: Elom's longing to be understood, the search for belonging between cities, the tender mess of reaching for intimacy when the outcome is uncertain. It's a book that stayed!

It’s @GabsBookFest Opening Night! See you all later who have RSVPed The Owner of Grow Fast said 1 thing to me that I never forget - We have been told&conditioned that we can’t grow so many things in Botswana but that’s not true. This is my pick from this morning.🥰

#GBF26OpeningNight We are ON today. Little Theatre, National Museum 📚📚📚🥳🥳🥳🥳 #Arebaleng #Arekwaleng

South Africa Must Reject Hate Conference Disguised as "Family Values". South Africa’s Constitution protects equality, dignity and freedom from discrimination, including on the basis of sexual orientation. Our democracy was built on inclusion — not exclusion. We respect freedom of religion, belief, expression and peaceful assembly. But these freedoms must not be used to justify discrimination, dehumanisation or attempts to strip others of their constitutional rights. The proposed conference forms part of a broader anti-rights movement seeking to roll back LGBTQ+ equality, restrict women’s rights, undermine comprehensive sexuality education and promote exclusionary laws across Africa. South Africa must not become a platform for intolerance or discrimination. c.org/bQxxQKxhcF

🎙️Cheeky Preview🎙️ We explore the violence of desegregation as we delve into the books with Kagiso Lesego Molope — and what “progress” really means when Black children are placed in violent spaces and told to survive. Full conversation drops Friday. Come be cheeky with us🔥

#GBF26BookMarket 22 August 2026 11am to 4pm, National Museum, Gaborone. #Arebaleng #Arekwaleng #GBF26

🎙️Cheeky Preview🎙️ We get into the fracture between mothers and daughters at the heart of We Inherit the Fire by Kagiso Lesego Molope – and how that tension isn’t something the story builds toward. It’s there from the very first page. Full conversation drops Friday.