🍷 🍇 Nongcebo Langa fell in love with wine after a chance encounter with a winemaker at a fair. She went on to study the craft at South Africa’s renowned Stellenbosch University. Her passion and mastery of the industry’s technical processes have resulted in her creating

Your weekly roundup of bird Story Agency news. Africa’s green economy could create 3 million new jobs by 2030 – report topafricanews.com/2024/08/06/afr…

How an Idris Elba film studio in Zanzibar would be a big boost to the Swahili film industry applesbite.com/how-an-idris-e…

I Lost My Appetite | An essay by MALI KAMBANDU ubwali.com/essays/i-lost-…

Please join me this Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th August at Pick n Pay Crossroads! I will be selling and signing my new book "Perfect Marriage" from 10.00 hours to 12.30 hours on both days. Are you available for a quick chat too? See you there!

Join us at the Women in Architecture Workshop from September 18th-22nd at Kasaka River Lodge! Let's shape sustainable spaces together with a focus on indigenous design. Apply by September 5th! #WomenInArchitecture #Sustainability #DesignInnovation Link: bit.ly/kasarch

The fork in the road, it is finally here. What a journey it has been working with Mubanga @UtushimiTwandi on Doek! Literary Magazine for the past three years. From her I have learned the importance of hard work and determination. Also, laughter. And generosity.

Like Mother | An essay by MUKANDI SIAME ubwali.com/essays/like-mo…

🙌🏾🏆Huge congratulations to Nadia Davids, winner of the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing! Keep an eye out for the forthcoming #CainePrizeAnthology later this year, featuring her award-winning story, Bridling, and more!

Ubwali Literary Magazine Issue 3 cover reveal, shot by Kalenga Nkonge. Our third issue will be published on October 24, 2024, as Zambia celebrates 60 years of Independence. ubwali.com

This Independence Day read and support Zambian literature. The latest issue of Ubwali Literary Magazine is out now with fiction, poetry, and I’m excited to say an essay by me entitled Conditioned Roots. Read the magazine for free here ubwali.com

🎧For the release of #FemaleFearFactory, we launched a limited series podcast. Author, Pumla Dineo Gqola, PhD opens by exploring the origins of the "fear factory", a term she coined. Listen to an excerpt and stream episodes on all major podcast platforms. 🔗: bit.ly/FemaleFearFact…

Ruffled ego aside, I had lots of fun writing my essay “Conditioned Roots” for Ubwali Literary Magazine current issue. It’s about hair, but also conservation and economics and of course the personal political. Read it free here ubwali.com/conditioned-ro…

📢 Giveaway free ticket RT and tell us: which TED talk changed your life?

🚨 Cover Reveal! 🚨 We’re thrilled to unveil the cover of our first special issue, featuring incredible work from nine students in our inaugural masterclass! 🎉 Just in time to celebrate one year since our very first issue. ✨ Cover art by Loliwe Phiri ✨ Stay tuned! 👀 #ubwali

Congratulations to our incredible Visual Arts Editor, Namukolo Siyumbwa, and Victor Mwakapila (Issue 3) on being selected for the Bakashimika International Photography Festival: Through Southern Eyes: Narratives in Focus in Sharjah, UAE! Sneak peek! ✨xposure.net/exhibitions-20…

Today, we are reading "Experiencing a Zambian Cultural Extravaganza" by our CNF editor Fiske S Nyirongo! 🇿🇲✨ Discover the rich traditions of the Nc’wala ceremony in this captivating read: theafricanmirror.africa/lifestyle/cult…

This story by Fiske S Nyirongo gripped me start to finish. I could spend many more hours with these characters and I hope someday I will. dirt.fyi/article/2025/0…

to the ones who’ve only known about despair..." 📶📶 Today, we're eavesdropping on this conversation between our Akal Mohan and Laurène️, the author of Child of Congo, a stunning collection of poems. 📖Read the full interview here ubwali.com/ubwali-intervi… Akal Mohan