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The JRB, Vol. 1, Issue 4 (August 2017)
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Welcome to the fourth issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books
Thank you for subscribing to The Johannesburg Review of Books. We're delighted to present our complete fourth issue, now online at www.johannesburgreviewofbooks.com—with links to all the reviews, essays, poetry, photographs and other items in Vol. 1, Issue 4, below. We sincerely hope you enjoy what's on offer, and welcome your feedback here.

Mak Manaka, anti-Instagram poet and one horny m'fcker: Bongani Madondo reviews Flowers of a Broken Smile

‘The place you return to is always slightly different’: Imraan Coovadia reviews Haruki Murakami’s new book, Men without Women

A shared secondhand experience of South Africa: Mbali Sikakana reviews Zinzi Clemmons’s What We Lose

A love story for modern Africa: Richard Ali reviews Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani
Two poems by Francine Simon
Literary activism in Côte d’Ivoire: Edwige-Renée Dro explains the Abidjan Lit phenomenon

[Sponsored] We did not know it was the final farewell: An excerpt from Karina M Szczurek’s memoir, The Fifth Mrs Brink

[Photo Editor] An original portrait of Sisonke Msimang by Victor Dlamini

[City Editor] Niq Mhlongo meets James Joyce in Zurich
‘How to write about everything’: Binyavanga Wainaina talks about how to overcome the problems faced by African authors
Remembering Marechera: Humboldt University hosts archive of the Zimbabwean author’s estate

[Sponsored] Reflecting Rogue – the much anticipated new book from Pumla Dineo Gqola
‘Smaller’: New short fiction from Nick Mulgrew’s forthcoming collection, The First Law of Sadness
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named a nouvelle héroïne of literature in France

In honour of Emma Mashinini: An excerpt from Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life

[Sponsored] 3 new books commemorate the 40th anniversary of Steve Biko’s death
The book that was read around the world: Masande Ntshanga chats about the many versions of his debut novel, The Reactive
Pavel buys an ejector seat: Read an exclusive English excerpt from Richard de Nooy's new book, Van kleine helden

[Sponsored] Astonishing and brilliant: A State of Freedom, the new novel from Neel Mukherjee

[The JRB Daily] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pays touching tribute to Binyavanga Wainaina: ‘A great and rare and genuine talent’
[The JRB Daily] Nthikeng Mohlele and Mohale Mashigo win the UJ Prizes for South African Writing
[The JRB Daily] 2017 Man Booker Prize longlist announced – no African authors make the cut
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