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Call for Submissions: Makunyiwe Macala!
Makunyiwe Macala!* This is a Xhosa term that is said during times of battle where we take matters into our hands. In English one might use the term ‘tit for tat’ / ‘butter for fat’...
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Vuyolwethu Reoagile
Vuyolwethu Reoagile lives in Johannesburg where she raises her children and is currently working on her debut novel. Born in Johannesburg (South Africa), the writer grew up between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. She started writing casually at the age of 17 and by the time she was 22 years old, she had already been published by literary journals and online magazines with her earliest fiction being published by POWA in their annual competition and anthology, Memoirs of a Girl in Me. For the past 11 years, she has worked in business writing, ghostwriting and documenting urban culture. She is currently working towards an MA in Creative Writing.
6 published stories
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The Democratization of Pornography
Now, I never got the full ‘Blue Movie’ experience, however, I do remember a day when my brother and his friends kicked me out of our small bachelor flat to use the VCR machine to watch a porno. Out of nowhere, my grandmo...
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Makhafula’s Black Blues
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There's A Tik-Kop On My Stoep
Democracy in 1994 came with renewed hope for the next generation. Millennial Black children began attending better schools than those their parents had been offered through Bantu e...
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The Problem with Vusi Thembekwayo and Darkies Like Him…
As Black people, our issues are systemic — and to go around saying that 'Black people aren't ready for freedom' is an oversimplification of a problem that's faced us for well over 400 years. Our problems as Black people...
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Abelungu Baya Dina!
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