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The JRB, Vol. 4, Issue 2 (February 2020)
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Welcome to Vol. 4, Issue 2 of The Johannesburg Review of Books

Thank you for subscribing to The JRB. We're delighted to present our new issue, online at www.johannesburgreviewofbooks.com. We sincerely hope you enjoy what's on offer, and welcome your feedback here, here and here.

[Review] A powerful contribution towards the creation of a vitally needed counter-narrative of England–Wamuwi Mbao reviews Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

[Review] Contemplating South Africa’s coalition of traumas through the idea of lost language—Khanya Mtshali reviews Phumlani Pikoli’s Born Freeloaders

[Photo Editor] Original portraits of Lauren Beukes and Zapiro by Victor Dlamini

[Sponsored] Photo profile: A day in the life of wildlife guide, musician and author James Hendry

[City Editor] Conjuring his images out of darkness—Lidudumalingani reflects on how the late Santu Mofokeng’s photographs are a kind of visual metaphor for Johannesburg

[Interview] ‘I experience a new type of fear every time I write’—Lebohang Mojapelo interviews exiled Sudanese author Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin

[Sponsored] Find out more about The God Child, the debut novel from Ghanaian author Nana Oforiatta Ayim (Plus: Cape Town launch details)

[New short fiction] ‘Mr Big Stuff’ by Fred Khumalo

[Poetry] ‘I come from’, a new poem by Khadija Tracey Heeger

[Sponsored] Cover reveal! Mark Winkler’s forthcoming novel, Due South of Copenhagen

[Short fiction] ‘You look fancy for a girl who’s just going to the TAB.’ Read ‘The Outsider’ by Isabella Morris, excerpted from Fool’s Gold: Selected Modjaji Short Stories

[The JRB Exclusive] ‘This is not a game of football, it is a slaughter of the innocents!’—Read an excerpt from JM Coetzee’s new novel The Death of Jesus

[Sponsored] ‘Your birth mother didn’t want you.’ Read an excerpt from Sacrificed, Chanette Paul’s US debut

[The JRB Daily] The AKO Caine Prize announces 2020 judging panel—and major new sponsorship deal

[Sponsored] Don’t miss the launch of UCT Under Apartheid by Howard Phillips, part of UCT’s Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series (12 Feb)

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