the case for jennifer


Here you find some thoughts on the debut novel by the Ugandan writer Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi. She does not live in Uganda at the present, she moved to the British town Manchester (yes, the one of United and City). 

win pulls ivan vladislavic


I did not know that Ivan was in the margins. Several times I have paid attention to this South African writer Ivan Vladislavic. Now Ivan has won a prestigious literary prize. This helps in getting out of imaginary margins. Leon de Kock is retired and has found time to write on Ivan Vladislavic.