Truth-telling through Surrealism in Yvette Ndlovu’s Drinking From Graveyard Wells

March was Women's History Month, in which we celebrate women’s contributions to history, culture and society. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories”, acknowledging the women—both past and present—who have been active in all forms of media and storytelling. This year, my readings have taken me all the way to Zimbabwe with …

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Voodoonauts Presents: (Re)Living Mythology – A Collection of Alumni Writing

Originally published in the Sunday, November 13th, 2022 edition of the Stabroek News In 2019, two African MFA students—Yvette Ndlovu from Zimbabwe and Shingai Kakunda from Kenya—met while studying in the United States. Appalled by the lack of resources for and about Black speculative writers in their programmes, the two would frequently dream about creating …

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