Book reviews

The paper that sees and speaks, Mail & Guardian 1 April 2004 https://mg.co.za/friday/2024-04-01-the-paper-that-sees-and-speaks/

Dare to read his different novels, Mail & Guardian, 9 February 2024 https://mg.co.za/friday/2024-02-14-dare-to-read-his-different-novels/

“Losing the plot.” The Guardian, 12 November 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/12/losing-the-plot-by-derek-owusu-review-tribute-to-an-emigre-mother

The weight and want of Noviolet Bulawayo’s “Glory”. New Frame, 5 April 2022 https://www.newframe.com/the-weight-and-want-of-noviolet-bulawayos-glory/

“Deadly medicine: Poison and warfare”, Mail & Guardian, 14 October 2021, https://mg.co.za/africa/2021-10-14-deadly-medicine-poison-and-warfare/

“Zimbabwe’s faithful literary son”, New Frame, 5 October 2021, https://www.newframe.com/sharp-read-zimbabwes-faithful-literary-son/

“Fidel Castro’s 10 days in Harlem changed the world”, New Frame, 9 February 2021, https://www.newframe.com/fidel-castros-10-days-in-harlem-changed-the-world/

“The thrill of speed on a blacktop wasteland”, New Frame, 7 July 2021, https://www.newframe.com/the-thrill-of-speed-on-a-blacktop-wasteland/

“Vincent Brown on slave rebellions and American war”, New Frame, 3 September 2020, https://www.newframe.com/vincent-brown-on-slave-rebellions-and-american-war/

“Madzimbamuto: Nurse, mother, freedom fighter”, New Frame, 10 August 2020, https://www.newframe.com/stella-madzimbamuto-nurse-mother-freedom-fighter/

“Parcel of Death”, New Frame, 20 November 2019, https://www.newframe.com/book-review-parcel-of-death/

“On being a black philosopher in South Africa”, New Frame, 9 September 2019, https://www.newframe.com/on-being-a-black-philosopher-in-south-africa/

“Algiers, Third World capital”, New Frame, 20 February 2019, https://www.newframe.com/book-review-algiers-third-world-capital/

“Verwoerd’s radical assassin”, New Frame, 4 February 2019, https://www.newframe.com/verwoerds-radical-assassin/

“James Baldwin in Rhodesia: Percy Zvomuya picks out a thread from the forgotten war book Black Fire!”, Johannesburg Review of Books, 4 September 2017, https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2017/09/04/james-baldwin-in-rhodesia-percy-zvomuya-picks-out-a-thread-from-the-forgotten-war-novel-black-fire/

“We are not dogs! We must get organised: Percy Zvomuya reviews The Beggars’ Strike by Aminata Sow Fall”, Johannesburg Review of Books, 5 June 2017, https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2017/06/05/we-are-not-dogs-we-must-get-organised-percy-zvomuya-reviews-the-beggars-strike-by-aminata-sow-fall/

“The limits of counterfactual fiction: Percy Zvomuya reviews Bertène Juminer’s Bozambo’s Revenge and Michel Houellebecq’s Submission”, Johannesburg Review of Books, 1 May 2017, https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2017/05/01/the-limits-of-counterfactual-fiction-percy-zvomuya-reviews-bertene-juminers-bozambos-revenge-and-michel-houellebecqs-submission/