The African Imaginary
The African Imaginary, Robyn Alexander, Georgia LetschertCelebrating creativity born and raised on the continent. We curate and produce across four areas: Podcast, Books, Festivals and Music.
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Book reviews: September 2026
Contemporary fiction (South Africa)
An Enemy of the People by Imraan Coovadia
R350 from The Book Lounge
In this deft work of literary fiction, we follow taxman Mackanjee as he navigates the revelation of grand-scale theft. There...
Wanuri Kahiu: ‘Why is it that we have to justify imagination?’
In 2018, when I was working on the UK release of Rafiki, director Wanuri Kahiu repeated a sentiment to audiences that I have carried with me ever since. On her Q&A tour, she talked about data as something active rather than passive: every c...
Episode 8: Wanuri Kahiu | The African Imaginary Podcast
Wanuri Kahiu is a Nairobi-based filmmaker and writer whose work receives global acclaim. Her award-winning feature film, Rafiki, was the first Kenyan movie to be invited to the Cannes Film Festival, and it has since won multiple awards acro...
Book reviews: August 2026
Contemporary fiction (Morocco / Diaspora)
I’ll Take the Fire by Leïla Slimani
R430 from The Book Lounge
I’ll Take the Fire powerfully concludes Leïla Slimani’s deeply autobiographical trilogy, tracing the Belhaj family saga into t...
Bongeziwe Mabandla: ‘It’s about who I am as a person, my life story’
Bongeziwe Mabandla. Photo by Mishelle-Lee Collins
It’s winter in Amsterdam so although it’s still afternoon when he takes to the stage, the soft blue sky framing Bongeziwe Mabandla in the venue’s huge windows quickly merges into an inky in...
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