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Tafadzwa Reflects on the Educated Waiter, Plight of African Immigrants and Progressive Leadership in Zimbabwe

EW BLOGAugust 13, 20200142 views

Tafadzwa Z Taruvinga released his debut memoir titled, The Educated Waiter in 2019. Tafadzwa has a knack for literary, popular, and scholarly writing. He is also a corporate trainer with solid experience sharpened from delivering accredited courses within 50+ private and public sector organisations on the African continent. In this exclusive interview with EW Blog editor, Ezekiel Kekana, Tafadzwa reflects on his debut memoir, the plight of African immigrants in South Africa and he also shares good advice with young foreign African students studying in South Africa.

“Kwaito was incredibly symbolic for me as a post-apartheid sound” – Esinako Ndabeni

EW BLOGJuly 30, 20200359 views

Esinako Ndabeni was born in Mthatha, Eastern Cape and she founded a blog called ‘Don’t Call Me Kaffir.” Her love for Kwaito music saw her and Sihle Mthembu co-writing a book called Born to Kwaito in 2018. In this exclusive interview with EW Blog editor, Esinako opens about her love for Kwaito music, her favourite Kwaito album of all-time and the role played by Kwaito women in changing society’s perception with the genre.

“Feminism for me is about owning my innate power”- Desiree-Anne Martin

EW BLOGJuly 22, 20200108 views

Desiree-Anne Martin is an author, poet, general word junkie and addictions counsellor. Desiree-Anne’s story, Delirium recently won first prize for the Arts24/Kwela short stories entry. The Cape Town-born author also released her searing and brutally honest memoir titled, We Don’t Talk About It, Ever two years back. In this Q&A with EW Blog editor, Desiree-Anne talks about what inspired her winning short story, Delirium, writing We Don’t Talk About It, Ever, and what feminism is to her. Desiree-Anne also has some good advice to young addicts.

NR Brodie Reflects on Three Bodies and Another Reshma Patel and Ian Jack’s Thriller

EW BLOGJuly 15, 20200140 views

Dr Nechama Brodie has worked as a journalist, editor, and publisher for over two decades. NR Brodie as she is affectionally known for her fiction works has published nine books thus far. Her latest book titled Three Bodies was published by Pan MacMillan in 2020 and continues to be warmly received across South Africa. In this exclusive interview with EW Blog editor, Dr Brodie talks about writing Three Bodies, which is a sequel to her previous novel, Knucklebone, violent crimes in South Africa and she also has a good advice to young aspiring authors

Madam Afrika Shares her Love for Afrika in Vagabond

EW BLOGJuly 9, 20200110 views

Lerato Mogoatlhe is a content strategist, writer, professional traveller. She released her debut memoir titled Vagabond-Wandering Through Africa on Faith under BookBird Books in 2019. In this exclusive Q&A with EW Blog editor, Madam Afrika touches on her travelling experiences in the five regions of the continent and shares her view on the afrophobic attitude of South Africans towards their African sisters and brothers among other issues.