The African Literary podcast: Recent Episodes
James Murua
A Literary Podcast by Nairobi based blogger James Murua of JamesMurua.com. It includes news and reviews from the African Literary Scene.
In this episode James Murua gives you news from the African literary scene on awards to the books that are recently out or on their way both fiction and nonfiction. You will also find an interview of Pede Hollist featured on the second section of the Podcast.
South African writer Mohale Mashigo talks to James Murua about her work on her novel "The Yearning," how she got to work on South Africas first comic superhero Kwezi, writing a book from a movie as well as a few writers she recommends.
James Murua interview's with Zambian writer Kafula Mwila on the sidelines of the Time of the Writer 2018 in Durban, South Africa. Kafula is the writer of Kafula's Essentials a short story collection, "Deflowered" a novel and "Growing; The Beginning of journey to success" a motivational book. She talks about the nascent Zambia literary scene, her writing and how to get her work.
I speak about the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2018, Hugo Awards, Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2018, The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018, and the California Book Award 2018. We also preview very cool books to put on your reading list this month.
Welcome to Episode 3. Thank you everyone for liking and sharing the podcast on all social media platforms so far. Just like in previous episodes, I’ll start with the news section followed by an interview with Barbados/Nigeria/South Africa writer Yewande Omotoso from the side lines of Time of the Writer 2018. This will be followed by this week’s book review. Enjoy.