Books & Rhymes: The Podcast
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Our Guest, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, use Labi Siffre’s song, Something Inside So Strong to unpick the migrant narratives in her collection of short stories, Manchester Happened (published in the USA as Let’s Tell This Story Properly), we explore the ways in which Sweet Mother by Nico Mbaga...
Published 01/18/21
What challenges do African writers encounter when attempting to publish literary fiction that exclude the white gaze? What is the real value of winning literary prizes such as the Kwani! manuscript project? What power do literary editors have in steering a writer’s career?   Our guest Jennifer...
Published 01/11/21
What is psychogeography? How does architecture affect our emotional, mental, and psychological wellbeing? Caleb Femi, a poet, educator, and multidisciplinary artist whose debut collection of poetry, Poor, celebrate and interrogate youth culture and masculinity, while the articulating the complex...
Published 11/09/20